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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.
S. L. Liew, L. P. Ku
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 19 | Number 3 | May 1991 | Pages 1853-1858
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-A29613
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In the Compact Ignition Tokamak (CIT), significant nuclear heating results from the neutron and γ interactions in structural components near the plasma and it affects their thermo-mechanical behaviors. Approximate nuclear heating distributions have previously been obtained with 2-D discrete ordinate models1 and a simple formulation based on 3-D ray-tracing and 1-D discrete ordinate models2. To reduce the geometric uncertainties in these calculations, we have constructed a set of detail 3-D Monte Carlo models for rigorous calculations. The results obtained from these models are used as benchmarks to evaluate the accuracy and relative merits of the simpler models.