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Status of Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor Neutron Activation

H. W. Kugel, G. Ascione, S. Elwood, J. Gilbert, K. Rule

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 30 / Number 3P2B / December 1996 / Pages 1065-1068

Neutronics Experiments and Analyses / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST96-A11963091

Published:February 9, 2018

Measurements have been made following TFTR D-T campaigns to characterize the behavior of D-T fusion reactor neutron activation using Ionization Chamber, Geiger Mueller, and Ge detector gamma-ray spectroscopy measurements. The results exhibit decay rates characteristic of the materials and geometries of the Test Cell hardware, and allow extrapolation to higher fusion power yields. The results can be used for benchmarking D-T fusion reactor activation simulations for accurate determinations of low activation long-lived cooling.