• 제목/요약/키워드: Tritium analysis

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Shield Material Consideration in the LAR Tokamak Reactor

  • Hong, B.G.
    • 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국진공학회 2010년도 제39회 하계학술대회 초록집
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    • pp.314-314
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    • 2010
  • For the optimal design of a tokamak-type reactor, self-consistent determination of a radial build of reactor systems is important and the radial build has to be determined by considering the plasma physics and engineering constraints which inter-relate various reactor systems. In a low aspect ratio (LAR) tokamak reactor with a superconducting toroidal field (TF) coil, the shield should provide sufficient protection for the superconducting TF coil and the shield plays a key role in determining the size of a reactor. To determine the radial build of a reactor, neutronic effects such as tritium breeding in the blanket, nuclear heating, and radiation damage to toroidal field (TF) coil has to be included in the systems analysis. In this work, the outboard blanket only is considered where tritium self-sufficiency is possible by using an inboard neutron reflector instead of breeding blanket. The reflecting shield should provide not only protection for the superconducting TF coil but also improved neutron economy for the tritium breeding in outboard blanket. Tungsten carbide, metal hydride such as titanium hydride and zirconium hydride can be used for improved shielding performance and thus smaller shield thickness. With the use of advanced technology in the shield, conceptual design of a compact superconducting LAR reactor with aspect ratio of less than 2 will be presented as a viable power plant.

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Characteristics of a Fusion Driven Transmutation Reactor

  • Hong, B.G.
    • 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국진공학회 2012년도 제42회 동계 정기 학술대회 초록집
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    • pp.582-582
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    • 2012
  • Characteristics of a fusion-driven transmutation reactor was investigated. A compact reactor concept is desirable from an economic viewpoint. For the optimal design of a reactor, a radial build of reactor components has to be determined by considering the plasma physics and engineering constraints which inter-relate various reactor components. In a transmutation reactor, design of blanket and shield play a key role in determining the size of a reactor; the blanket should produce enough tritium for tritium self-sufficiency, the transmutation rate of waste has to be maximized, and the shield should provide sufficient protection for the superconducting toroidal field (TF) coil. To determine the radial build of the blanket and the shield, not only a radiation transport analysis but also a burnup calculation were coupled with the system analysis and it allowed the self-consistent determination of the design parameters of a transmutation reactor.

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Monte Carlo analysis of LWR spent fuel transmutation in a fusion-fission hybrid reactor system

  • Sahin, Sumer;Sahin, Haci Mehmet;Tunc, Guven
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제50권8호
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    • pp.1339-1348
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    • 2018
  • The aim of this paper is to determine neutronic performances of the light water reactor (LWR) spent fuel mixed with fertile thorium fuel in a FFHR. Time dependent three dimensional calculations for major technical data, such as blanket energy multiplication, tritium breeding ratio, cumulative fissile fuel enrichment and burnup have been performed by using Monte Carlo Neutron-Particle Transport code MCNP5 1.4, coupled with a novel interface code MCNPAS, which is developed by our research group. A self-sustaining tritium breeding ratio (TBR>1.05) has been kept throughout the calculations. The study has shown that the fissile fuel quality will be improved in the course of the transmutation of the LWR spent in the FFHR. The latter has gained the reusable fuel enrichment level conventional LWRs between one and two years. Furthermore, LWR spent fuel - thorium mixture provides higher burn-up values than in light water reactors.

삼중수소 활용을 위한 자발광유리관 (SLGT) 제조기술 (Manufacturing Process of Self-Luminous Glass Tube (SLGT) Utilizing Tritium Gas (I))

  • 김광신;김경숙;정은수;손순환;남기중
    • 한국방사성폐기물학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국방사성폐기물학회 2005년도 추계 학술대회 논문집
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    • pp.87-95
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    • 2005
  • 삼중수소를 사용하는 자발광유리관의 제조에 필요한 4가지 핵심 기술 중 레이저를 이용한 밀봉/절단기술을 개발하였다. 상용 제품을 분석한 결과 유리관의 재질은 pyrex 이었고 레이저는 유리가공에 적절한 펄스형 이산화탄소 레이저를 사용하였다 유리관의 밀봉/절단에 영향을 미치는 인자들로는 레이저빔의 강도 지속시간 조사 방법, 유리관 내부의 압력 등이었다. 전 공정은 2단계로 이루어져 1단계에서는 삼중수소를 주입하고 유리관의 양단을 밀봉하였으며 2단계에서는 삼중수소가 봉입된 유리관을 원하는 길이로 밀봉/절단하였다. 각 공정에서 유리관의 밀봉은 defocusing된 레이저빔을 사용하였으며 절단은 focusing된 빔을 사용하였다. 밀봉/절단 후에는 잔여 열응력에 의한 파열을 방지하기 위하여 열처리를 하였다.

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Characteristics of Transmutation Reactor Based on LAR Tokamak

  • Hong, B.G.
    • 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국진공학회 2012년도 제43회 하계 정기 학술대회 초록집
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    • pp.431-431
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    • 2012
  • A compact tokamak reactor concept as a 14 MeV neutron source is desirable from an economic viewpoint for a fusion-driven transmutation reactor. LAR (Low Aspect Ratio) tokamak allows a potential of high "see full txt" operation with high bootstrap current fractions and can be used for a compact fusion neutron source. For the optimal design of a reactor, a radial build of reactor components has to be determined by considering the plasma physics and engineering constraints which inter-relate various reactor components and are constrained to use ITER physics and technology. In a transmutation reactor, the blanket should produce enough tritium for tritium self-sufficiency and the neutron multiplication factor, keff should be less than 0.95 to maintain sub-criticality. The shield should provide sufficient protection for the superconducting toroidal field (TF) coil against radiation damage and heating effects of the fusion neutrons, fission neutrons, and secondary gammas. In this work, characteristics of transmutation reactor based on LAR tokamak is investigated by using the coupled system analysis.

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원자핵 융합 발전소의 삼중수소 유출 사고 예측 (Predicting the Tritium Release Accident in a Nuclear Fusion Plant)

  • 양희중
    • 품질경영학회지
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    • 제26권1호
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    • pp.201-212
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    • 1998
  • A methodology of the safety analysis on the fusion power plant is introduced. It starts with the understanding of the physics and engineering of the plant followed by the assessment of the tritium inventory and flow rate. We a, pp.y the probabilistic risk assessment. An event tree that explains the propagation of the accident is constructed and then it is translated in to an influence diagram, that is accident is constructed and then it is translated in to an influence diagram, that is statistically equivalent so far as the parameter updating is concerned. We follow the Bayesian a, pp.oach where model parameters are treated as random variables. We briefly discuss the parameter updating scheme, and finally develop the methodology to obtain the predictive distribution of time to next severe accident.

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