Thermal-hydraulic design of the target/blanket for the accelerator production of tritium conceptual design

Conference · Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1997

OSTI ID:629332

Kapernick, R J

A conceptual design was developed for the target/blanket system of an accelerator-based system to produce tritium. The target/blanket system uses clad tungsten rods for a spallation target and clad lead rods as a neutron multiplier in a blanket surrounding the target. The neutrons produce tritium in {sup 3}He, which is contained in aluminum tubes located in the decoupler and blanket regions. This paper presents the thermal-hydraulic design of the target, decoupler, and blanket developed for the conceptual design of the Accelerator Production of Tritium Project, and demonstrates there is adequate margin in the design at full power operation.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 629332
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-97-2106; CONF-971125-; ON: DE97009131; TRN: 98:009808
• Resource Relation: Conference: 1997 American Nuclear Society (ANS) winter meeting, Albuquerque, NM (United States), 16-20 Nov 1997; Other Information: PBD: Nov 1997
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
HYDRAULICS
SPALLATION
TRITIUM
LINEAR ACCELERATORS
ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS
THERMODYNAMICS
DESIGN
TARGETS
PRODUCTION