PANDA-FES: Portable and Adaptable Neutron Diagnostics for Advancing Fusion Energy Science

Youmans, A. E.; Mitrani, J. M.; McMahon, M.; Jibodu, A. T.; Goyon, C. S.; Cooper, C. M.; Goldblum, B. L.; Laplace, T. A.; Brown, J. A.; Conti, F.; Williams, A.; Beg, F. N.; Ruskov, E.; Levitt, B. J.; Johanssen, A. R.; Shumlak, U.; Tsai, P. E.; Higginson, D. P.

doi:10.1109/tps.2024.3396427

Title: PANDA-FES: Portable and Adaptable Neutron Diagnostics for Advancing Fusion Energy Science

Journal Article · 13 May 2024 · IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/tps.2024.3396427 · OSTI ID:2519318

^[1]; Mitrani, J. M. ^[1]; McMahon, M. ^[1];

^[1];

^[2];

^[2]; Brown, J. A. ^[2];

^[3]; Williams, A. ^[4];

^[4]; Ruskov, E. ^[5];

^[6]; Johanssen, A. R. ^[6];

^[6];

^[1]

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
University of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)
Magneto Inertial Fusion Technologies, Inc., Tustin, CA (United States)
Zap Energy, Seattle, WA (United States)

Nuclear fusion is a potential source of carbon-free electricity with many concepts in development. The Portable and Adaptable Neutron Diagnostics for Advancing Fusion Energy Science (PANDA-FES) suite has been deployed since 2021 to measure neutron yield, energy, and spatiotemporal source location at two different Z-pinch fusion devices. This diagnostic can be used at a variety of facilities pursuing fusion in the magnetic, inertial, and magneto-inertial regimes. These different regimes have a wide range of time scales from less than 100 ns to a few μ s, neutron yields from 10⁶ to 10¹¹, and noise environments. Neutron yield is measured through activation of ⁷⁹Br and ⁸⁹Y with calibrated detectors. Temporal, spatial, and energy dependence of neutrons is measured with scintillators coupled to photomultiplier tubes (PMTs). Experimental setups and data analysis methods have been developed for these conditions. Finally, neutron yield, neutron energy anisotropy, and spatiotemporal evolution of the source have been measured.

View Accepted Manuscript (DOE)

Cite

Export

Save

Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; AC52-07NA27344

OSTI ID:: 2519318

Report Number(s):: LLNL--JRNL-856211; 1083429

Journal Information:: IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 52; ISSN 0093-3813

Publisher:: IEEECopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

References (19)

Retrospective of the ARPA-E ALPHA Fusion Program Nehl, C. L.; Umstattd, R. J.; Regan, W. R. Journal of Fusion Energy, Vol. 38, Issue 5-6 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10894-019-00226-4	journal	October 2019
The application of 2.8-MeV (D, d) neutrons to activation analysis Broadhead, K. G.; Shanks, D. E. The International Journal of Applied Radiation and Isotopes, Vol. 18, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1016/0020-708X(67)90125-1	journal	May 1967
Measurements of activation cross-sections of (n, n′) reaction with d-D neutrons in the energy range of 2.1–3.1 MeV Shimizu, Toshiaki; Sakane, Hitoshi; Shibata, Michihiro Annals of Nuclear Energy, Vol. 31, Issue 16 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2004.05.008	journal	November 2004
TENDL: Complete Nuclear Data Library for Innovative Nuclear Science and Technology Koning, A. J.; Rochman, D.; Sublet, J. -Ch. Nuclear Data Sheets, Vol. 155 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nds.2019.01.002	journal	January 2019
Measurements of temporally- and spatially-resolved neutron production in a sheared-flow stabilized Z-pinch Mitrani, James M.; Higginson, Drew P.; Draper, Zack T. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 947 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2019.162764	journal	December 2019
Calibration of neutron-yield diagnostics in attenuating and scattering environments Hahn, K. D.; Ruiz, C. L.; Cooper, G. W. Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 83, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4732067	journal	October 2012
Real-time nuclear activation detectors for measuring neutron angular distributions at the National Ignition Facility (invited) Bionta, R. M.; Grim, G. P.; Hahn, K. D. Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 92, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0042869	journal	April 2021
Thermonuclear neutron emission from a sheared-flow stabilized Z-pinch Mitrani, James M.; Brown, Joshua A.; Goldblum, Bethany L. Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 28, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0066257	journal	November 2021
Progress toward fusion energy breakeven and gain as measured against the Lawson criterion Wurzel, Samuel E.; Hsu, Scott C. Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 29, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0083990	journal	June 2022
The Zap Energy approach to commercial fusion Levitt, B.; Meier, E. T.; Umstattd, R. Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 30, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0163361	journal	September 2023
JENDL-4.0: A New Library for Nuclear Science and Engineering Shibata, Keiichi; Iwamoto, Osamu; Nakagawa, Tsuneo Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, Vol. 48, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1080/18811248.2011.9711675	journal	January 2011
The production spectrum in fusion plasmas Appelbe, B.; Chittenden, J. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, Vol. 53, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/53/4/045002	journal	February 2011
Development of Enhanced, Permanently-Installed, Neutron Activation Diagnostic Hardware for NIF Edwards, E. R.; Jedlovec, D. R.; Carrera, J. A. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 717 https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/717/1/012091	journal	May 2016
Production ofY89m,Ba137m, andHg199mby Inelastic Neutron Scattering Swann, C. P.; Metzger, F. R. Physical Review, Vol. 100, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.100.1329	journal	December 1955
Novel beryllium-scintillator, neutron-fluence detector for magnetized liner inertial fusion experiments Ruiz, C. L.; Styron, J. D.; Fehl, D. L. Physical Review Accelerators and Beams, Vol. 22, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevaccelbeams.22.042901	journal	April 2019
MA-class linear transformer driver for Z -pinch research Conti, F.; Valenzuela, J. C.; Fadeev, V. Physical Review Accelerators and Beams, Vol. 23, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevaccelbeams.23.090401	journal	September 2020
Sustained Neutron Production from a Sheared-Flow Stabilized Z Pinch Zhang, Y.; Shumlak, U.; Nelson, B. A. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 122, Issue 13 https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.122.135001	journal	April 2019
First Experiments and Radiographs on the MegaJOuLe Neutron Imaging Radiography (MJOLNIR) Dense Plasma Focus Schmidt, A.; Anaya, E.; Anderson, M. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Vol. 49, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.1109/TPS.2021.3106313	journal	November 2021
Development of the real-time neutron activation diagnostic system for NIF Root, Jaben; Jedlovec, Donald R.; Edwards, Ellen R. Target Diagnostics Physics and Engineering for Inertial Confinement Fusion VI https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2274343	conference	September 2017

Similar Records

A novel photomultiplier tube neutron time-of-flight detector

Journal Article · 2021 · Review of Scientific Instruments · OSTI ID:1763028

Glebov, V. Yu.; Stoeckl, C.; Forrest, C. J.; +5 more

Fusion neutron detector for time-of-flight measurements in z-pinch and plasma focus experiments

Journal Article · 2011 · Review of Scientific Instruments · OSTI ID:22062274

Klir, D; Kravarik, J; Kubes, P; +6 more

Absolute Neutron Rate Measurement and Non-Thermal/Thermonuclear Fusion Differentiation

Technical Report · 2024 · OSTI ID:2382821

Higginson, Drew P.; Youmans, Amanda; Mitrani, James; +5 more

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
Physics - Plasma physics
fusion reactors
neutron detectors
plasma physics
plasma pinch
scintillation detectors

Title: PANDA-FES: Portable and Adaptable Neutron Diagnostics for Advancing Fusion Energy Science

Citation Formats

References (19)

Similar Records

Related Subjects