W. Arter J.G. Morgan S.D. Relton N.J. Higham
Pathways-reduced analysis is one of the techniques used by the Fispact-II nuclear activation and transmutation software to study the sensitivity of the computed inventories to uncertainties in reaction cross-sections. Although deciding which pathways are most important is very helpful in for example determining which nuclear data would benefit from…
Preprint PublishedJ-Ch. Sublet J. W. Eastwood J. G. Morgan M. R. Gilbert M. Fleming W. Arter
Fispact-II is a code system and library database for modelling activation-transmutation processes depletion-burn-up, time dependent inventory and radiation damage source terms caused by nuclear reactions and decays. The Fispact-II code, written in object-style Fortran, follows the evolution of material irradiated by neutrons, alphas, gammas, proto…
Preprint PurchaseY. Zayachuk I. Tanyeli S. Van Boxel K. Bystrov T. W. Morgan S.G. Roberts
For tungsten exposed to low-energy hydrogen-plasmas, it has been thought that grains with surface normal are most susceptible to blistering while those with surface normal are virtually impervious to it. Here, we report results showing that non-uniformity of blister distribution depends on the state of the surface due to polishing. In e…
Preprint PublishedM. J. Fleming L. W. G. Morgan E. Schwageraus
Modelling of nuclide densities as a function of time within magnetic confinement fusion devices such as the JET, ITER and proposed DEMO tokamaks is performed using Monte-Carlo transport codes coupled with a Bateman equation solver. The generation of reaction rates occurs either through point-wise interpolation of energy dependent tracked particle …
Preprint PurchaseL. W. G. Morgan D. Kotlyar
Monte Carlo particle transport (MCPT) codes are incredibly powerful and versatile tools to simulate particle behavior in a multitude of scenarios, such as core/criticality studies, radiation protection, shielding, medicine and fusion research to name just a small subset applications. However, MCPT codes can be very computationally expensive to run …
Preprint PurchaseT. Hutton J.C. Sublet L. Morgan T.W. Leadbeater
Nuclear data form the basis of the radiation transport codes used to design and simulate the behaviour of nuclear facilities, such as the ITER and DEMO fusion reactors. Typically these data and codes are biased towards fission and high-energy physics applications yet are still applied to fusion problems. With increasing interest in fusion applicati…
PublishedL. W. G. Morgan J. Shimwell M. R. Gilbert
A large number of materials exist which have been labeled as low activation structural materials (LAM). Most often, these materials have been designed in order to substitute-out or completely remove elements that become activated and contribute signi cantly to shut-down activity after being irradiated by neutrons in a reactor environment. To date, …
Preprint PublishedJ. Shimwell S. Lilley L. Morgan L. Packer M. Kovari S. Zheng J. McMillan
Beryllium (Be) is a precious resource with many high value uses, the low energy threshold (n,2n) reaction makes Be an excellent neutron multiplier for use in fusion breeder blankets. Estimates of Be requirements and available resources suggest that this could represent a major supply difficulty for solid-type blanket concepts. Reducing the quantity…
Preprint PublishedJ. Shimwell L. Morgan S. Lilley T. Eade M. Kovari S. Zheng J. McMillan
High energy neutrons produced in future fusion reactors will cause significant transmutation reactions in the breeder blanket, including the important tritium breeding reactions. The reaction rate for a given reaction type depends on the neutron spectrum and material properties. The inventory consequences fortritium production of a solid-type breed…
Preprint PublishedJean-Christophe Sublet James Eastwood Guy Morgan Arjan Koning Dimitri Rochman
EASY-II(12) is designed as a functional replacement for the previous European Activation System, EASY-2010. It has extended nuclear data and new software, FISPACT-II, written in object-style Fortran to provide new capabilities for predictions of activation, transmutation, depletion and burnup. The new FISPACT-II code has allowed us to embed many mo…
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