Evaluation of the Relative Neutronic Risk of Alternative Fusion Fuels
The radiological risk profiles of a variety of fusion fuels were assessed, to aid understanding of the influence of fuel choice on the safety and cost of future commercial fusion power plants. Shielding thickness and activation dose rates were modeled for five fusion fuels consisting of Deuterium-Tr...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2022
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| description | The radiological risk profiles of a variety of fusion fuels were assessed, to aid understanding of the influence of fuel choice on the safety and cost of future commercial fusion power plants. Shielding thickness and activation dose rates were modeled for five fusion fuels consisting of Deuterium-Tritium, Deuterium-Deuterium, Deuterium-Helium 3, Deuterium-Lithium 6, and Hydrogen-Boron 11. Simplistic shielding and activation models were carried out in standardized 500MW reactors. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1434052022-11-07T17:17:45Z Evaluation of the Relative Neutronic Risk of Alternative Fusion Fuels Jerkins, Joseph Hodgdon, Andrew Forget, Benoit Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering The radiological risk profiles of a variety of fusion fuels were assessed, to aid understanding of the influence of fuel choice on the safety and cost of future commercial fusion power plants. Shielding thickness and activation dose rates were modeled for five fusion fuels consisting of Deuterium-Tritium, Deuterium-Deuterium, Deuterium-Helium 3, Deuterium-Lithium 6, and Hydrogen-Boron 11. Simplistic shielding and activation models were carried out in standardized 500MW reactors. S.B. 2022-06-15T13:18:32Z 2022-06-15T13:18:32Z 2022-02 2022-06-09T17:45:30.778Z Thesis https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/143405 In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted Copyright MIT http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-EDU/1.0/ application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Jerkins, Joseph Evaluation of the Relative Neutronic Risk of Alternative Fusion Fuels |
| title | Evaluation of the Relative Neutronic Risk of Alternative Fusion Fuels |
| title_full | Evaluation of the Relative Neutronic Risk of Alternative Fusion Fuels |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of the Relative Neutronic Risk of Alternative Fusion Fuels |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of the Relative Neutronic Risk of Alternative Fusion Fuels |
| title_short | Evaluation of the Relative Neutronic Risk of Alternative Fusion Fuels |
| title_sort | evaluation of the relative neutronic risk of alternative fusion fuels |
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