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An intelligent optimization method for the HCSB blanket based on an improved multi-objective NSGA-III algorithm and an adaptive BP neural network

open access: yesNuclear Engineering and Technology, 2023
To improve the performance of blanket: maximizing the tritium breeding rate (TBR) for tritium self-sufficiency, and minimizing the Dose of backplate for radiation protection, most previous studies are based on manual corrections to adjust the blanket ...
Wen Zhou   +6 more
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Climate-driven expansion of blanket bogs in Britain during the Holocene [PDF]

open access: yesClimate of the Past, 2016
Blanket bog occupies approximately 6 % of the area of the UK today. The Holocene expansion of this hyperoceanic biome has previously been explained as a consequence of Neolithic forest clearance.
A. V. Gallego-Sala   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Influence of the composition to the physical properties of NaF-LiF-LaF3 melt liquid systems [PDF]

open access: yesЯдерна фізика та енергетика, 2013
Influence of the chemical composition of NaF-LiF-LaF3 system on temperature dependence of electrical con-ductivity, viscosity and thermoelectric power has been studied in a wide temperature range between 600 and 1500 К. The obtained results could help in
L. A. Bulavin   +5 more
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Neutronic Activity for Development of the Promising Alternative Water-Cooled DEMO Concepts

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2023
An emerging breeding blanket that fulfills performance criteria, meets the safety requirements, and is reliable enough to meet the plant availability is a challenging issue that assumes complex studies involving numerous neutronic analyses based on the ...
Pavel Pereslavtsev   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development of a Test Bed to Investigate Wetting Behaviours of High-Temperature Heavy Liquid Metals for Advanced Nuclear Applications

open access: yesLiquids
Specifically engineered heavy liquid metals are proposed as candidate coolants and tritium breeders for advanced nuclear applications. Understanding the wetting behaviours of these liquids on relevant substrate configurations is crucial to tackle the ...
Abhishek Saraswat   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Neutronic analysis of effects of inboard materials on the size of a tokamak fusion reactor

open access: yesNuclear Materials and Energy, 2021
The effects of inboard materials on the size of a tokamak fusion reactor were studied based on reactor system parameters determined through a coupled analysis of tokamak systems and neutron transport. With an inboard blanket, the shielding capability was
B.G. Hong, W. Cho
doaj   +1 more source

Investigation of hydrogen generation from the reaction of beryllium pebbles with water vapor for WCCB-TBM

open access: yesNuclear Materials and Energy
Be pebble, as a neutron multiplier material, is being explored for the development of a Water-Cooled Ceramic Breeder Test Blanket Module (WCCB-TBM) in Japan for the International Thermonuclear Experiment Reactor (ITER) project.
Yuki Koga   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Influence of Upstream Blanket on Earth Dam Seepage [PDF]

open access: yesEurasian Journal of Science and Engineering, 2018
Seepage is one of the main causes of earth dam failure. Concerning the failure, the control of seepage is required. In this study, the analyses of seepage problem were performed on Shiwashok earth dam body and its foundation.
Krikar M-Gharrib Noori   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Recent vegetational changes on blanket mire at Mynydd Llangatwg, South Wales [PDF]

open access: yes
The Countryside Council for Wales identified that considerable areas of blanket mir~ in South Wales currently support impoverished vegetation as a result of recent anthropogenic influences such as grazing, burning, atmospheric pollution and climate ...
Pearson, Freya R
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Overview on the welding technologies of CLAM steel and the DFLL TBM fabrication

open access: yesNuclear Materials and Energy, 2016
Dual Functional Lithium Lead (DFLL) blanket was proposed for its advantages of high energy exchange efficiency and on-line tritium extraction, and it was selected as the candidate test blanket module (TBM) for China Fusion Engineering Test Reactor (CFETR)
Junyu Zhang   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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