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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, Gan, Yixiang, Hanaor, Dorian, Hernandez, Francisco, Kamlah, Marc, Pereslavtsev, Pavel   +5 more
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Thermodynamic Performance of Ceramic Tritium Breeding Blanket Material [PDF]

Fusion Technology, 1986
Thermodynamic calculations have been made to compare the thermochemical performance of three candidate breeder blanket materials, Li/sub 2/O, LiAlO/sub 2/, and Li/sub 4/SiO/sub 4/. These calculations were done for the temperature range of 900 to 1300/sup 0/K and the oxygen activity range of 10/sup -25/ to 10/sup -5/.
Johnson, C. E., Fischer, A. K.
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Fast regression of the tritium breeding ratio in fusion reactors

Machine Learning: Science and Technology, 2023
Abstract The tritium breeding ratio (TBR) is an essential quantity for the design of modern and next-generation D-T fueled nuclear fusion reactors. Representing the ratio between tritium fuel generated in breeding blankets and fuel consumed during reactor runtime, the TBR depends on reactor geometry and material ...
P Mánek, G Van Goffrier, V Gopakumar, N Nikolaou, J Shimwell, I Waldmann   +5 more
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Implications of Innovative Nuclear Technologies on Ghana’s Nuclear Future

Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Innovations in nuclear technology have the potential to play a transformative role in Ghana’s pursuit of a secure, reliable and low‐carbon energy future. This review examines recent global advances in nuclear reactor technologies, fuel cycle systems, waste management approaches, regulatory practices and digital applications and assesses their relevance
R. G. Abrefah, B. K. A. Baiden, F. Ameyaw, S. A. Zakaria, Doddy Kastanya   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of trapping on tritium self-sufficiency and tritium inventories in fusion power plant fuel cycles

Nuclear Fusion
The dynamic analysis of fusion power plant (FPP) fuel cycles highlights the challenge of achieving tritium self-sufficiency in future FPPs. While state-of-the-art fuel cycle models offer valuable insights into the necessary design parameters for ...
Samuele Meschini, Rémi Delaporte-Mathurin, George R. Tynan, Sara E. Ferry   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Neutronic investigation of waste transmutation option without partitioning and transmutation in a fusion-fission hybrid system

Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2018
A feasibility of reusing option of spent nuclear fuel in a fusion-fission hybrid system without partitioning was checked as an alternative option of pyro-processing with critical reactor system. Neutronic study was performed with MCNP 6.1 for this option,
Seong Hee Hong, Myung Hyun Kim
doaj   +1 more source

Neutronic analysis of a dual He/LiPb coolant breeding blanket for DEMO [PDF]

, 2010
A conceptual design of a DEMO fusion reactor is being developed under the Spanish Breeding Blanket Technology Programme: TECNO_FUS based on a He/LiPb dual coolant blanket as reference design option.
Aymar, Bloom, Cabellos, F. Ogando, Fischer, G. Veredas, I. Palermo, J. Sanz, J.M. Gómez-Ros, J.P. Catalán, L. Sedano, Norgett, Sanz, Tsuchiya, Watanabe, Wu   +15 more
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A Systematic Framework for Risk Assessment of Fusion Blanket: Addressing Manufacturing Defects, Accident Scenarios, and Radioactive Release

Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
The breeder blanket, as a critical component in fusion reactors, undertakes three essential functions: tritium breeding, neutron shielding, and thermal energy conversion. Serving as the primary plasma‐facing component, it operates under extreme conditions—including sustained high temperatures, intense neutron irradiation fluxes, significant ...
Ruonan Zhang, Qigang Wu, Yinfeng Zhu, Jiazhu Li, Arkady Serikov   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

RFP-MSR Hybrid Reactor Model for Tritium Breeding and Actinides Transmutation ^†

Energies
The studies on the development of fusion–fission hybrid reactors (FFHR) have gained consensus in recent years as an intermediate step before fusion energy.
Stefano Murgo, Chiara Bustreo, Marco Ciotti, Guglielmo Lomonaco, Francesco Paolo Orsitto, Roberto Piovan, Nicola Pompeo, Giovanni Ricco, Marco Ripani, Fabio Panza   +9 more
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Review of Analytical Lithium Detection and Quantification Methods Along the Lithium Value Chain

Applied Research, Volume 4, Issue 6, December 2025.
This article reviews a selection of suitable state‐of‐the‐art analytical methods for different scales of spatial resolution and detection of lithium for a variety of lithium‐bearing materials along the lithium value chain. The various materials differ greatly in terms of their lithium content by more than 5 orders of magnitude and also vary in their ...
Nico Kropp, Ralf Halama, Ralf B. Wehrspohn   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source