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The Thorium Molten Salt Reactor : Moving on from the MSBR [PDF]

, 2005
A re-evaluation of the Molten Salt Breeder Reactor concept has revealed problems related to its safety and to the complexity of the reprocessing considered.
A. Nuttin, C. Garzenne, C. Le Brun, D. Heuer, D. Lecarpentier, E. Liatard, E. Merle-Lucotte, E. Walle, J. Wilson, J.-M. Loiseaux, L. Mathieu, Nuttin, O. Méplan, R. Brissot, Rosenthal   +14 more
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Modeling the Transport of Activated Corrosion Products in the WCLL PbLi Loop for ITER and the EU DEMO With the GETTHEM Code

IEEE Access, 2023
This work presents the results of the implementation in the GEneral Tokamak THErmal-hydraulic Model of available models for the generation and transport of any dispersed material in flowing PbLi eutectic mixture.
Fabrizio Lisanti, Pietro Arena, Roberto Bonifetto, Antonio Froio, Francisco Alberto Hernandez Gonzalez, Gandolfo Alessandro Spagnuolo, Roberto Zanino   +6 more
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Activation analysis and waste management for dual functional lithium-lead blanket of the China Fusion Engineering Test Reactor

Fushe yanjiu yu fushe gongyi xuebao, 2021
Based on the design requirements of the first stage of the China Fusion Engineering Test Reactor (CFETR), the activation performance calculation and analysis of the components in the dual function lead-lithium blanket were performed using a neutron ...
ZENG Zhengkui, CHEN Size, YU Huiying, XIONG Houhua, DU Jifu, WANG Zhiwei   +5 more
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Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Lead and Lithium in Liquid Phase [PDF]

, 2011
Pb17Li is today a reference breeder material in diverse fusion R&D programs worldwide. Extracting dynamic and structural properties of liquid LiPb mixtures via molecular dynamics simulations, represent a crucial step for multiscale modeling efforts ...
Cuesta Lopez, Santiago, Fraile García, Alberto, Perlado Martín, José Manuel   +2 more
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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

Nuclear 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, Guomin Sun, Shuichiro Miwa, Zihui Yang, Zhuang Li, Di Zhang, Jianye Wang   +6 more
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On the thermal dynamic behaviour of the helium-cooled DEMO fusion reactor [PDF]

, 2019
The EU-DEMO conceptual design is being conducted among research institutions and universities from 26 countries of European Union, Switzerland and Ukraine. Its mission is to realise electricity from nuclear fusion reaction by 2050.
Barucca L., Ciattaglia S., Di Maio P. A., Moscato I.   +3 more
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Numerical study of laminar magneto-convection in a differentially heated square duct [PDF]

, 2017
Magnetohydrodynamic pressure drops are one of the main issues for liquid metal blanket in fusion reactors. Minimize the fluid velocity at few millimeters per second is one strategy that can be employed to address the problem.
Caruso, Gianfranco, Giannetti, Fabio, Tassone, Alessandro   +2 more
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Mechanical properties of several newly produced RAFM steels with Tungsten content in the range of 2 wt%

Nuclear Materials and Energy, 2020
The contribution of ENEA together with Rina-CSM to the Eurofusion programme “WPMAT-Advanced Seels” deals with the development of innovative RAFM steels able to withstand the critical temperatures typical of the different operational environments foreseen
C. Cristalli, L. Pilloni, O. Tassa, L. Bozzetto   +3 more
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PbLi/Water Reaction: Experimental Campaign and Modeling Advancements in WPBB EUROfusion Project

Energies, 2023
The Water-Cooled Lithium–Lead blanket concept is a candidate breeding blanket concept for the EU DEMO reactor and it is going to be tested as one of the Test Blanket Modules (TBM) inside the ITER reactor.
Marica Eboli, Pietro Arena, Nicolò Badodi, Antonio Cammi, Cristiano Ciurluini, Vittorio Cossu, Nicola Forgione, Francesco Galleni, Fabio Giannetti, Bruno Gonfiotti, Daniele Martelli, Lorenzo Melchiorri, Carmine Risi, Alessandro Tassone, Alessandro Del Nevo   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hybrid reactors: nuclear breeding or energy production? [PDF]

, 2010
After reviewing the long-standing tradition on hybrid research, an assessment model is presented in order to characterize the hybrid performance under different objectives. In hybrids, neutron multiplication in the subcritical blanket plays a major role,
Abánades Velasco, Alberto, Lafuente Mazuecos, Antonio, Martínez-Val Peñalosa, José María, Piera, Mireia   +3 more
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