Published December 1989
| Version v1
Journal article
Monte Carlo analysis of heavy water Helium-3 and lead as materials for nuclear fusion reactor breeder blankets
Creators
- 1. McMaster Univ., Hamilton, ON (Canada). Dept. of Engineering Physics
Description
A multipurpose 3-dimensional Monte Carlo neutron transport code, HEMCNT has been used to calculate neutronic parameters of interest for multi-regioned fusion reactors and neutron shields consisting of heavy water, lead, and Helium-3. Output system parameters include: a) neutron flux Φ(r,E), b)neutron leakage spectrum c) equipartition between the number of nuclear reactions and the heat released by each material, normalized per source neutron d) reaction rates and e) power density rates. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Tokyo Denki Daigaku Kogakubu Kenkyu Hokoku
- Journal Issue
- no.37
- Series
- Tokyo Denki Daigaku Kogakubu Kenkyu Hokoku.
- ISSN
- 0389-617X
- CODEN
- RPFUD
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Japan
- Country of Input or Organization
- Japan
- INIS RN
- 22032770
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- BREEDING BLANKETS; COMPUTER CALCULATIONS; FAST NEUTRONS; H CODES; HEAVY WATER; HELIUM 3; LEAD; LITHIUM; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON TRANSPORT; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; THERMONUCLEAR REACTOR MATERIAL; THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; TRITIUM
- Descriptors DEC
- ALKALI METALS; BARYONS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; COMPUTER CODES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ELEMENTS; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; FERMIONS; HADRONS; HELIUM ISOTOPES; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEN ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MATERIALS; METALS; NEUTRAL-PARTICLE TRANSPORT; NEUTRONS; NUCLEI; NUCLEONS; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; RADIATION TRANSPORT; RADIOISOTOPES; STABLE ISOTOPES; WATER; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES