LBM program at the LOTUS facility

Conference · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1986 · Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5503670

File, J; Haldy, P A; Jassby, D L; Leo, W R; Tsang, F Y

The Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne's (EPFL's) LOTUS facility in Lausanne, Switzerland, consists of a point-neutron deuterium-tritium (D-T) source in a shielded room designed specifically for neutronics experiments with fusion blanket modules. In 1985 the Electric Power Research Institute and EPFL initiated an experimental neutron transport program using irradiation of the Lithium Blanket Module (LBM) by the LOTUS neutron source. The principal objectives of this program are: (a) to test the capability of present-day neutron transport codes to predict the neutronic performance, including tritium breeding, of a reactor-representative blanket module in a relatively simple fast-neutron field and (b) to develop and verify the measurement and data processing procedures that will be used eventually with the LBM experiments at the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR) at Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL).

• Research Organization: Princeton Plasma Physics Lab., NJ
• OSTI ID: 5503670
• Report Number(s): CONF-860610-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.; (United States) Journal Volume: 52
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700201* -- Fusion Power Plant Technology-- Blanket Engineering
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BREEDING BLANKETS
BREEDING RATIO
COMPUTER CODES
CONVERSION RATIO
DESIGN
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
NEUTRAL-PARTICLE TRANSPORT
NEUTRON SOURCE FACILITIES
NEUTRON TRANSPORT
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
RADIATION TRANSPORT
RADIOACTIVATION
RADIOISOTOPES
REACTOR COMPONENTS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
TESTING
TFTR TOKAMAK
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
TOKAMAK TYPE REACTORS
TRITIUM
VALIDATION
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES