Nuclear Performance Optimization of the Be/Li/Th Blanket for the Fusion Breeder
Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 8 / Number 1P2A / July 1985 / Pages 483-488
Fusion Breeder Studies / Proceedings of the Sixth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (San Francisco, California, March 3-7, 1985) / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST85-A40088
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More rigorous nuclear analysis, including treatment of resonance self-shielding effects coupled with an optimization procedure, has resulted in improved performance of the Be/Li/Th blanket. Net U-233 breeding ratio has increased 36% (to 0,84) while at an average U-233/Th ratio of 0.5 a/o average energy multiplication has increased only 12% (to 2.1) compared with earlier results.
