The LBM program at the EPFL/LOTUS Facility

Conference · Fri Oct 31 23:00:00 EST 1986 · Fusion Technol.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6833096

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

An experimental program of neutron transport studies of the Lithium Blanket Module (LBM) is being carried out with the LOTUS point-neutron source facility at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. Preliminary experiments use passive neutron dosimetry within the fuel rods in the LBM central zone, as well as, both thermal extraction and dissolution methods to assay tritium bred in Li/sub 2/O diagnostic wafers and LBM pellets. These measurements are being compared and reconciled with each other and with the predictions of two-dimensional discrete-ordinates and continuous-energy Monte-Carlo analyses of the Lotus/LBM system.

• Research Organization: Princeton Plasma Physics Lab., P.O. Box 451, Princeton, NJ 08544
• OSTI ID: 6833096
• Report Number(s): CONF-860652-
• Journal Information: Fusion Technol.; (United States), Journal Name: Fusion Technol.; (United States) Vol. 10:3; ISSN FUSTE
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700201* -- Fusion Power Plant Technology-- Blanket Engineering
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BREEDING
BREEDING BLANKETS
BREEDING PELLETS
CHALCOGENIDES
DISCRETE ORDINATE METHOD
DISSOLUTION
DOSIMETRY
FUEL ELEMENTS
FUEL RODS
HEAT EXTRACTION
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
LITHIUM COMPOUNDS
LITHIUM OXIDES
LOTUS FACILITY
MONTE CARLO METHOD
NEUTRAL-PARTICLE TRANSPORT
NEUTRON DOSIMETRY
NEUTRON TRANSPORT
NUCLEAR FUEL CONVERSION
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RADIATION TRANSPORT
RADIOISOTOPES
REACTOR COMPONENTS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
TRITIUM
TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES