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J. Phys. IV France
Volume 133, June 2006
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| Page(s) | 821 - 823 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/jp4:2006133164 | |
| Publié en ligne | 16 juin 2006 | |
J.-C. Gauthier, et al.
J. Phys. IV France 133 (2006) 821-823
DOI: 10.1051/jp4:2006133164
Sensitivity of Shallow Land Burial to neutron environment and activation cross sections in IFE thick-liquid concepts
O. Cabellos1, 2, 0, J. Sanz1, 3, S. Reyes4, J. Latkowski4 and N. García-Herranz21 Institute of Nuclear Fusion, UPM, Spain
2 Department of Nuclear Engineering, UPM, Spain
3 Department of Power Engineering, UNED, Spain
4 Livermore National Laboratory, LLNL, USA
Abstract
A comprehensive assessment on the eligibility of reduced
activation (RA) steels as structural chamber material in Inertial Fusion
Energy (IFE) thick-liquid concepts is performed. As far as alloying
elements, it is shown that the activation of tungsten is a question to
debate. Regarding impurity elements, it is analyzed if they could question
the possibility of obtaining real RA steels for shallow land burial (SLB).
The effect of the thickness of the liquid wall on the SLB response of
alloying and impurity elements is computed. And above all, we have estimated
the impact of cross section uncertainties when addressing the former
questions, and we identify those to be improved. The necessary improvement
of some tungsten and niobium cross sections is justified.
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