G.W. Bailey O.V. Vilkhivskaya M.R. Gilbert
During operation fusion reactor components will be exposed to long periods of neutron irradiation. As such, a reactor's structural steels will become activated and need to be disposed of as radioactive waste. Previous studies have shown that such wastes can struggle to meet low level waste requirements meaning that costly geological disposal may be…
Preprint PublishedArtem Lunev Vadim Zborovskii Teymur Aliev Robert Heymer Olga Vilkhivskaya
PULsE (Processing Unit for Laser Flash Experiments) is a software suite for processing data generated by a variety of laser flash analysis instruments. It is highly customisable and allows adjusting to the finest experimental detail, including but not limited to electromagnetic interferences, non-uniform laser heating and detection, and coupled …
PreprintOlga Vilkhivskaya Mark Gilbert
Recent studies of the neutron irradiation conditions predicted in the plasma-exposed first wall of a conceptual design of fusion DEMO power plant implementing the SPECTRA-PKA code have shown the importance of taking into consideration per-channel analysis of the high-energy threshold reactions for an accurate evaluation of their contribution to …
PreprintGreg Bailey Mark Gilbert Olga Vilkhivskaya
The public perception of fusion power is that it will provide a clean source of abundant nuclear energy. This is not wholly accurate. Currently planned fusion reactors will use the deuterium-tritium (DT) reaction for power generation. This reaction produces 14 MeV neutrons which, as they cannot be magnetically confined, impinge upon the reactor str…
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