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Finding fusion’s place
Fusion energy is attracting significant interest from governments and private capital markets. The deployment of fusion energy on a timeline that will affect climate change and offer another tool for energy security will require support from stakeholders, regulators, and policymakers around the world. Without broad support, fusion may fail to reach its potential as a “game-changing” technology to make a meaningful difference in addressing the twin challenges of climate change and geopolitical energy security.
The process of developing the necessary policy and regulatory support is already underway around the world. Leaders in the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, China, and elsewhere are engaging with the key issues and will lead the way in setting the foundation for a global fusion industry.
M. Dion, G. Marleau
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 183 | Number 2 | June 2016 | Pages 261-274
Technical Paper | dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE15-60
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The sensitivity coefficients of self-shielded cross sections to isotopic densities are computed for a subgroup resonance self-shielding model. The method we propose is based on the derivatives of the collision probabilities used in the slowing-down equation. In this work, we look at how the sensitivities vary as a function of the position inside a fuel pin or of the position of a fuel pin within an assembly. Moreover, we evaluate the importance of the superhomogenization factors, used to correct self-shielded cross sections for the subgroup method, on the cross-section sensitivities. We also present a comparison with the Monte Carlo code Serpent where the sensitivity coefficients are approximated using a finite difference method.