Thin LiPb/Be helium-cooled blanket for MINIMARS: neutronic analysis

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

OSTI ID:5577561

El-Guebaly, L A

This work presents a thin blanket design for the commercial tandem mirror reactor MINIMARS using the reactor parameters to date. Future studies may call for minor changes in the parameters to incorporate the idea of central cell wall stabilization and to achieve the inherent safety goal. Although the study was carried out for a 17Li-83Pb system, the trends observed here hold true for other breeding materials. Recent studies for minimizing blanket thickness used idealized blankets with semicontinuously varying composition and no allowance for cooling. Here we present a realistic thin blanket design that satisfies all requirements of neutronics, safety, thermal-hydraulics, and mechanical design.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison
• OSTI ID: 5577561
• 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

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700201* -- Fusion Power Plant Technology-- Blanket Engineering
ALLOYS
BARYON REACTIONS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BREEDING BLANKETS
BREEDING RATIO
CONVERSION RATIO
COOLANTS
COOLING SYSTEMS
DESIGN
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SYSTEMS
FLUIDS
GASES
HADRON REACTIONS
HELIUM
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LEAD ALLOYS
LIGHT NUCLEI
LITHIUM ALLOYS
MAGNETIC MIRROR TYPE REACTORS
MINIMARS REACTOR
NEUTRAL-PARTICLE TRANSPORT
NEUTRON REACTIONS
NEUTRON TRANSPORT
NONMETALS
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUCLEI
NUCLEON REACTIONS
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
RADIATION TRANSPORT
RADIOISOTOPES
RARE GASES
REACTOR COMPONENTS
REACTOR SAFETY
SAFETY
THERMONUCLEAR REACTOR COOLING SYSTEMS
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
TRITIUM
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES