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Neutronics study on HCCB blanket for CFETR

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Abstract Chinese Fusion Engineering Testing Reactor (CFETR) is aimed to obtain the technologies to fill the gaps between ITER and DEMO. The helium cooled ceramic breeder (HCCB) blanket is one… Click to show full abstract

Abstract Chinese Fusion Engineering Testing Reactor (CFETR) is aimed to obtain the technologies to fill the gaps between ITER and DEMO. The helium cooled ceramic breeder (HCCB) blanket is one of the candidates for CFETR. Ceramics Li 4 SiO 4 , beryllium and helium of 8 MPa were selected as tritium breeding material, neutron multiplier and coolant, respectively. CLF steel, one of reduced activation ferritic/martensitic (RAFM) steels, was applied as structural materials of blanket. Neutron and gamma transport was simulated with MCNP code and FENDL/MC-2.1 neutron cross section data. Activation calculation was performed with FISPACT-2007 code and EAF-2007 activation file. In this study, neutronics characteristic of HCCB blanket such as tritium breeding ratio (TBR) and shielding were assessed. The arrangement of Be, Li 4 SiO 4 and cooling plate in blanket module was optimized to improve TBR. The sensitive study for First Wall on TBR was also performed. The radioactivity inventories of HCCB blanket were estimated. The dominant radionuclides in structural materials, Li 4 SiO 4 and Beryllium were discussed, respectively. The damage of plasma facing components such as First Wall and divertor due to DT neutron irradiation was analyzed in terms of DPA value and gaseous product.

Keywords: study hccb; blanket; hccb blanket; neutronics study; blanket cfetr

Journal Title: Fusion Engineering and Design
Year Published: 2017

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