I. Balboa E. Rose G. F. Matthews D. Croft M. Stamp S. A. Silburn J. C. Williams D. Hepple A. Huber S. Whetham D. Iglesias D. J. Kinna M. Beldishevski J. Figueiredo C. Perez Von Thun N. Balshaw L. D. Horton R. C. Lobel I. J. Pearson K. W. Pepperell G. Fishpool B. Lane K-D. Zastrow G. Arnoux G. Bodnar P. Carman P. Carvalho N. J. Conway V. Huber J. Karhunen G. Kocsis A. Manzanares P. Puglia C. Ruiz de Galarreta C. Marren R. Otín J. Naish V. K. Thompson the JET Contributors*
Following from the paper describing the remote wide angle viewing system compatible with Deuterium-Tritium operations. This is the second article describing a second remote line of sight, this time focusing on the imaging of the divertor region in JET. It explains in detail the optical and engineering designs of constructing an optical relay which …
PreprintJ. Davies H. Robinson W. Blyth A. Wagner J. Naish S. Bradnam R. Worral
The Active Cells Facility will be the world’s largest hot cell and will be used to process radioactive waste generated in the operation of the European Spallation Source. Several innovative technologies and approaches have been developed for the ESS Active Cells, drawing on advances made in remote handling techniques and technology from fusion re…
PreprintS B L Chislett-McDonald E Surrey J Naish A Turner D P Hampshire
All high field superconductors producing magnetic fields above 12 T are brittle. Nevertheless, they will probably be the materials of choice in commercial tokamaks because the fusion power density in a tokamak scales as the fourth power of magnetic field. Here we propose using robust, ductile superconductors during the reactor commissioning phase i…
PreprintT. A. Berry C. R. Nobs A. Dubas R. Worrall T. Eade J. Naish L. W. Packer
The accurate modelling of the activation of flowing material in a fusion reactor, such as coolant water or lithium-lead breeder, has important safety and shielding implications. Two codes developed at UKAEA which account for neutron flux variation have been investigated for the potential for incorporating computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and c…
Preprint PublishedChantal Nobs Jonathon Naish Lee Packer Mario Pillon Maurizio Angelone Stefano Loreti Paolo Del Prete Jesus Izquierdo Raul Pampin Luca Zanibellato
During ITER operations the water coolant flowing through components such as the first wall, blanket modules, divertor cassettes and vacuum vessel will become activated by high energy neutrons. Two key neutron-induced reactions will occur with oxygen in the water producing the radioactive isotopes, N-16 and N-17, which have relatively short half-liv…
Preprint PublishedTim Eade Bethany Colling Jonathan Naish Lee Packer Alex Valentine
Shutdown dose rate calculations provide an essential input to the design and research of fusion power plant technology. They allow the estimation of dose to personnel and equipment during planned and unplanned maintenance. The mesh coupled rigorous 2 step (MCR2S) methodology used at Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE) was originally developed to…
Preprint PublishedRonan Kelly Guy Burroughes Robert Skilton Jonathan Naish
The operation of nuclear fusion facilities must be carefully planned and monitored due to the potential damage to equipment or personnel caused by radiation fields. A method for visualising such three-dimensional (3D) radiation fields in real-time is presented. An interactive volumetric representation is achieved using view-dependent ray casting of…
Preprint PublishedB. R. Colling T. Eade M. R. Gilbert J. Naish S. Zheng
Computational models created for neutronics assessment through solid geometry conversion are often specific to the analysis being performed. The use of unstructured mesh geometry has the potential to reduce the build time of MCNP models, reduce inaccuracies introduced through flux averaging over different components and material mixing, and make us…
Preprint PublishedA. Widdowson A. Baron-Wiechec P. Batistoni E. Belonohy J.P. Coad P. Dinca D. Flammini F. Fox K Heinola I. Jepu J. Likonen S. Lilley C.P. Lungu G.F. Matthews J. Naish O. Pompilian C. Porosnicu M. Rubel R. Villari JET Contributors
JET components are removed periodically for surface analysis to assess material migration and fuel retention. This paper describes issues related to handling JET components and procedures for preparing samples for analysis; in particular a newly developed procedure for cutting beryllium tiles is presented. Consideration is also given to the hazards…
Preprint PublishedZ. Ghani A. Turner S. Mangham J. Naish M. Lis L. Packer M. Loughlin
Extensive neutronics and 3-D activation simulations were carried out to assess the levels of radiation throughout the ITER tokamak complex. The simulated radiation sources included DT fusion neutrons exiting the cryostat and gamma rays arising from the activation of cooling water, activated pipe chases and cask transfers. Resultant biological dos…
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