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Fusion energy: Progress, partnerships, and the path to deployment
Over the past decade, fusion energy has moved decisively from scientific aspiration toward a credible pathway to a new energy technology. Thanks to long-term federal support, we have significantly advanced our fundamental understanding of plasma physics—the behavior of the superheated gases at the heart of fusion devices. This knowledge will enable the creation and control of fusion fuel under conditions required for future power plants. Our progress is exemplified by breakthroughs at the National Ignition Facility and the Joint European Torus.
Toshio Ida, Shunsuke Kondo, Yasumasa Togo
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 6 | Number 1 | July 1984 | Pages 64-82
Technical Paper | Shielding | doi.org/10.13182/FST84-A23121
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A numerical analysis program for radiation transport in axisymmetric toroidal geometry AIDA is developed using the method of direct integration (method of characteristics). The shape of the torus cross section is represented by coupled ellipses with different elongations. Several new techniques, such as a ray-tracing technique in the core plasma region and subdivision of angular mesh cells, are introduced to make the method well adapted to the neutronics analysis of a tokamak. These improvements are illustrated by sample toroidal geometry calculations. To verify the validity of the present program, results of analysis for two sample problems are compared with results of DOT-3.5 as well as those of Monte Carlo calculations. Agreement between the results of AIDA and those of DOT-3.5 becomes better as the quadrature approximation used in DOT-3.5 becomes higher. For the same accuracy, the AIDA code requires only about half as much running time as the DOT-3.5 code for a practical natural lithium blanket system.