Enhanced fuel production in thorium/lithium hybrid blankets utilizing uranium multipliers
A consistent neutronics analysis is performed to determine the effectiveness of uranium bearing neutron multiplier zones on increasing the production of U/sup 233/ in thorium/lithium blankets for use in a tokamak fusion-fission hybrid reactor. The nuclear performance of these blankets is evaluated as a function of zone thicknesses and exposure by using the coupled transport burnup code ANISN-CINDER-HIC. Various parameters such as U/sup 233/, Pu/sup 239/, and H/sup 3/ production rates, the blanket energy multiplication, isotopic composition of the fuels, and neutron leakages into the various zones are evaluated during a 5 year (6 MW.y.m/sup -2/) exposure period. Although the results of this study were obtained for a tokomak magnetic fusion device, the qualitative behavior associated with the use of the uranium bearing neutron multiplier should be applicable to all fusion-fission hybrids.
- Research Organization:
- Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5610565
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ET/51010-4
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700205* -- Fusion Power Plant Technology-- Fuel
Heating
& Injection Systems
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
ALKALI METALS
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BARYON REACTIONS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BREEDING
BREEDING BLANKETS
BURNUP
COMPUTER CODES
DATA
DATA FORMS
ELEMENTS
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FUEL CYCLE
GRAPHS
HADRON REACTIONS
HEAVY NUCLEI
HYBRID REACTORS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
INFORMATION
ISOLATED VALUES
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
LITHIUM
METALS
NEUTRON REACTIONS
NEUTRON TRANSPORT THEORY
NUCLEAR FUEL CONVERSION
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUCLEI
NUCLEON REACTIONS
NUMERICAL DATA
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
PLUTONIUM 239
PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES
RADIOISOTOPES
REACTOR COMPONENTS
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
THORIUM CYCLE
TOKAMAK TYPE REACTORS
TRANSPORT THEORY
TRITIUM
URANIUM 233
URANIUM ISOTOPES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
700205* -- Fusion Power Plant Technology-- Fuel
Heating
& Injection Systems
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
ALKALI METALS
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BARYON REACTIONS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BREEDING
BREEDING BLANKETS
BURNUP
COMPUTER CODES
DATA
DATA FORMS
ELEMENTS
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FUEL CYCLE
GRAPHS
HADRON REACTIONS
HEAVY NUCLEI
HYBRID REACTORS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
INFORMATION
ISOLATED VALUES
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
LITHIUM
METALS
NEUTRON REACTIONS
NEUTRON TRANSPORT THEORY
NUCLEAR FUEL CONVERSION
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUCLEI
NUCLEON REACTIONS
NUMERICAL DATA
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
PLUTONIUM 239
PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES
RADIOISOTOPES
REACTOR COMPONENTS
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
THORIUM CYCLE
TOKAMAK TYPE REACTORS
TRANSPORT THEORY
TRITIUM
URANIUM 233
URANIUM ISOTOPES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES