Analysis of the tritium-water (T-H sub 2 O) system for a fusion material test facility

Technical Report · Wed Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5101988· OSTI ID:5101988

Hassanein, A; Smith, D L; Sze, D K; Reed, C B

The need for a high flux, high energy neutron test facility to evaluate performance of fusion reactor materials is urgent. An accelerator based D-Li source is generally accepted as the most reasonable approach to a high flux neutron source in the near future. The idea is to bombard a high energy (35 MeV) deuteron beam into a lithium target to produce high energy neutrons to simulate the fusion environment. More recently it was proposed to use a 21 MeV triton beam incident on a water jet target to produce the required neutron source for testing and simulating fusion material environments. The advantages of such a system are discussed. Major concerns regarding the feasibility of this system are also highlighted.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (United States). Fusion Power Program
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 5101988
• Report Number(s): ANL/FPP/TM-261; ON: DE92015569
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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