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Hiroshi Maekawa, Fujio Maekawa, Yukio Oyama, Chikara Konno, Yujio Ikeda, Kouichi Tsuda, Seiya Yamaguchi
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 26 | Number 3 | November 1994 | Pages 1086-1091
Fusion Blanket, Shield, and Neutronic Technology | Proceedings of the Eleventh Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy New Orleans, Louisiana June 19-23, 1994 | doi.org/10.13182/FST94-A40298
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The tritium production-rate (TPR) is a very important neutronic parameter in the D-T fusion blanket research. The following five techniques for the measurement of TPR have been developed at FNS/JAERI: (1) Subtraction method using a pair of Li-glass scintillators, (2) Indirect method using a small sphere NE213 scintillator, (3) Liquid scintillation method with Li2O pellet, (4) Liquid scintillation method with Li2O plate/block (zonal method), and (5) LiF TLD self-irradiation method. This paper describes these methods, comparison of their features, and their typical results for the blanket benchmark experiments at FNS.