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As global interest in nuclear energy surges, the United States must remain at the forefront of research and development to ensure national energy security, advance nuclear technologies, and promote international cooperation on safety and nonproliferation. A crucial step in achieving this is analyzing how funding and resources are allocated to better understand how to direct future research and development. The Department of Energy has spearheaded this effort by funding hundreds of research projects across the country through the Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP). This initiative has empowered dozens of universities to collaborate toward a nuclear-friendly future.
A. Yu. Konobeyev, Yu. A. Korovin, P. E. Pereslavtsev, Ulrich Fischer, Ulrich von Möllendorff
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 139 | Number 1 | September 2001 | Pages 1-23
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE00-31
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
For the generation of evaluated nuclear data sets required for the International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility project, the basic features of the deuteron-lithium and neutron-lithium nuclear interactions are examined. Factors complicating the evaluation of deuteron-lithium reaction characteristics and weak points of previous calculations and evaluations are discussed. A new method to obtain double differential cross sections of particles emitted in d+Li reactions is described. The method is based on the diffraction approach, a modified intranuclear cascade model, and the usual evaluation techniques. The cross sections predicted by this method are in good agreement with existing experimental data for deuteron interactions in thick lithium targets. The study of neutron-lithium interactions is performed on the basis of different approaches: coupled channels, diffraction scattering, and direct breakup models.