Published January 1979
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Journal article
Effect of 6Li + 6Li reactions in a fusion reactor operating of 6Li(p,α)3He
Description
Ancillary 6Li + 6Li reactions will produce products, some of which are radioactive, in a fusion reactor operating on the 6Li(p,α)3He cycle. Available cross-section data for 6Li + 6Li reactions have been used to compute the reaction rates as a function of temperature in such a reactor. Below 80 keV, the rate of ancillary reactions is less than that for 1H + 6Li by at least 103, but this factor diminishes until at 270 keV it is only approx. 10. An appreciable fraction of the ancillary reactions leads to the radioactive products 7Be + n
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nucl. Sci. Eng.
- Journal Volume
- 69
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Series
- Nucl. Sci. Eng.
- Journal Page Range
- 107-109
- ISSN
- 0029-5639
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 10489322
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ALPHA PARTICLES; CROSS SECTIONS; FUEL CYCLE; HELIUM 3; LITHIUM 6; LITHIUM 6 TARGET; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; PROTON REACTIONS; THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
- Descriptors DEC
- BARYON REACTIONS; CHARGED PARTICLES; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; HADRON REACTIONS; HELIUM IONS; HELIUM ISOTOPES; IONS; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; LITHIUM ISOTOPES; NUCLEI; NUCLEON REACTIONS; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; STABLE ISOTOPES; TARGETS