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Applied Sciences, 2022 Liquid lead-lithium in eutectic proportions (Pb-Li) is a candidate material for Breeding Blankets (BBs) in future Fusion Power Plants (FPP). BB design depends on the diffusivity and Sieverts’ constant (solubility) of tritium in this alloy, but literature
Tiago Pomella Lobo +2 more
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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 +3 more
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Three-dimensional MHD flow and heat transfer in a channel with internal obstacle [PDF]
, 2018 The magnetohydrodynamic flow and heat transfer of a liquid metal in a channel past a circular cylinder with walls of non-uniform conductivity were investigated. The applied magnetic field was transversal to the forced flow (x-direction) and coplanar with
Caruso, Gianfranco +2 more
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Liquid surfaces for fusion plasma facing components—A critical review. Part I: Physics and PSI
Nuclear Materials and Energy, 2016 This review of the potential of robust plasma facing components (PFCs) with liquid surfaces for applications in future D/T fusion device summarizes the critical issues for liquid surfaces and research being done worldwide in confinement facilities, and ...
R.E. Nygren, F.L. Tabarés
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MHD mixed convection flow in the WCLL: heat transfer analysis and cooling system [PDF]
, 2019 In the Water-Cooled Lithium Lead (WCLL) blanket, a critical problem faced by the design is to ensure that the breeding zone (BZ) is properly cooled by the refrigeration system to keep the structural materials under the maximum allowed temperature by the ...
Caruso, Gianfranco +3 more
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Evaluation of the parfait blanket concept for fast breeder reactors [PDF]
, 1974 "January 1974."Also issued as a Ph. D. thesis by the first author and supervised by the second and third author, MIT, Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, 1974Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-264)An evaluation of the neutronic, thermal-hydraulic ...
Driscoll, Michael J. +2 more
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A Thermal Discrete Element Analysis of EU Solid Breeder Blanket subjected to Neutron Irradiation
, 2014 Due to neutron irradiation, solid breeder blankets are subjected to complex thermo-mechanical conditions. Within one breeder unit, the ceramic breeder bed is composed of spherical-shaped lithium orthosilicate pebbles, and as a type of granular material ...
Annabattula, Ratna +5 more
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Living coal : Robert Boyle, John Holland, and the bodily passages of chimney sweep literature, 1684-1824 [PDF]
, 2018 This project attends to a body of literature that registers the extraordinary and tragic effects of chimneys infused with living coal upon young chimney sweeps.
Goheen, Jeremy Cameron
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Nuclear Energy and Technology, 2016 The possible role of existing thorium reserves in the Russian Federation on engaging thorium in being currently closed (U-Pu)—fuel cycle of nuclear power of the country is considered.
G.G. Kulikov +4 more
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ITER Test Blanket Module—ALARA Investigations for Port Cell Pipe Forest Replacement
Journal of Nuclear Engineering, 2023 The objective of the ITER test blanket module (TBM) program is to provide experimental data on the performance of the breeding blankets in the integrated fusion nuclear environment.
Jean-Pierre Friconneau +10 more
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