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[en] Initial scoping calculations were done by Lee at LLNL with the TART code and ENDL data to determine the tritium breeding potential of this blanket type. A radially zoned cylindrical nucleonics model was used and is described. Results, local (100% blanket coverage) T and M vs Be zone thickness, are shown. The tritium breeding ratio, T, is seen to vary between 0.5 with no Be to 1.7 with a 60-cm Be zone. Correspondingly, energy multiplication, M, varies between 1.1 and 1.4. The effects of less than 100% blanket coverage on T is shown. For example, if the effective coverage is only 80, a 15-cm Be zone is needed for T = 1.01 compared to 10 cm at full coverage. Higher T can be achieved, of course, by increasing the Be zone thickness. Another possibly attractive use of the excess neutrons generated in Be is for higher M. While this was not the objective here it is clearly possible to include material in the blanket with significantly higher Q's than 4.8 MeV for the Li6(n,t) reaction. Also enriching the Li in Li6 can increase T
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Oct 1984; 16 p; Available from NTIS, PC A02/MF A01; 1 as DE86010861; Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products. Original copy available until stock is exhausted.
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ALKALINE EARTH METALS, BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES, CONVERSION RATIO, ELEMENTS, HYDROGEN ISOTOPES, ISOTOPES, LIGHT NUCLEI, MAGNETIC MIRRORS, METALS, NEUTRAL-PARTICLE TRANSPORT, NUCLEAR FUEL CONVERSION, NUCLEI, ODD-EVEN NUCLEI, OPEN PLASMA DEVICES, RADIATION TRANSPORT, RADIOISOTOPES, THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES, YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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