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DTRA’s advancements in nuclear and radiological detection
A new, more complex nuclear age has begun. Echoing the tensions of the Cold War amid rapidly evolving nuclear and radiological threats, preparedness in the modern age is a contest of scientific innovation. The Research and Development Directorate (RD) at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is charged with winning this contest.
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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 34 | Number 3 | November 1998 | Pages 331-335
Inertial Fusion Energy | doi.org/10.13182/FST98-A11963636
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Three-dimensional (3-D) neutron-gamma transport calculations have been performed for the LIBRA-SP chamber with detailed geometrical modeling and results were compared to results based on one-dimensional (1-D) calculations. The overall tritium breeding ratio is 1.396. This is only 3% lower than the value predicted from the 1-D results. The overall reactor energy multiplication is 1.157 which is only 2% lower than the value estimated from the 1-D calculations. Larger differences were observed in the local heating and damage results obtained from the 1-D and 3-D calculations.