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INL researchers use LEDs to shed light on next-gen reactors
At Idaho National Laboratory, researchers have built a bridge between computer models and the lab’s Microreactor Applications Research Validation and Evaluation (MARVEL) microreactor.
Tony Crawford, an INL researcher and MARVEL’s reactivity control system lead, designed a phone booth–sized surrogate nuclear reactor called ViBRANT, or Visual Benign Reactor as Analog for Nuclear Testing, which uses light instead of neutrons to show a “nuclear” reaction.
Y. Ikeda, C. Konno, T. Nakamura, A. Kumar, M. A. Abdou
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 19 | Number 3 | May 1991 | Pages 1961-1966
Neutronic | Proceedings of the Ninth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (Oak Brook, Illinois, October 7-11, 1990) | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A29629
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An experiment of Induced radioactivity and decayheat has been conducted in the framework of JAERI/USDOE collaborative program on the fusion blanket neutronics. Sixteen different materials have been irradiated in two typical DT neutron fields simulating spectra at the first wall and blanket regions of a fusion reactor. Induced radioactivity production profiles for both short and long irradiation times were analyzed by detecting associated γ-ray energy spectra. Energy release rate in material was characterized on the basis of the γ-ray emission data measured as well as β-ray contribution estimated. In this experimental study, focuses were placed not only on providing benchmark data for verification of the calculation code and nuclear data, but also on a comparative study for providing a guide line for the material selection concerning the dose rate as well as the decayheat after shutdown in the near term DT fusion devices.