Tritium assay of Li/sub 2/O in the LBM/LOTUS experiments
The Lithium Blanket Module (LBM) is an assembly of over 20,000 cylindrical lithium oxide pellets in an array representative of a limited-coverage breeding zone for a toroidal fusion device. A principal objective of the LBM program is to test the ability of advanced neutronics coding to model the tritium breeding characteristics of a fusion device blanket. The LBM has been irradiated at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) LOTUS facility with a 14 MeV point-neutron source. Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and EPFL assayed the tritium bred in lithium oxide diagnostic samples placed at various positions in the LBM. PPPL employed a thermal extraction technique while EPFL used a dissolution method. The results for the assay are reported and compared to MCNP Monte Carlo neutronics calculations for the LBM/LOTUS system.
- Research Organization:
- Princeton Plasma Physics Lab., Princeton, NJ 08544
- OSTI ID:
- 6833086
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-860652-; TRN: 87-007600
- Journal Information:
- Fusion Technol.; (United States), Vol. 10:3; Conference: 7. topical meeting on the technology of fusion energy, Reno, NV, USA, 15 Jun 1986
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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