Radiation shielding for a nuclear fusion device with inertial electrostatic confinement

Autores/as

  • Seung Min Lee Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares image/svg+xml
  • Eduardo Lobo Lustosa Cabral Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares image/svg+xml
  • Helio Yoriyaz Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares image/svg+xml

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15392/2319-0612.2022.1997

Palabras clave:

IECF, Nuclear Fusion, Radiation Shielding, MCNP6

Resumen

In an inertial electrostatic confinement nuclear fusion device, IECF, thermal neutron population is created near the neutron shielding that is proportional to the fast neutrons generation rate; nevertheless, this proportionality varies with the experimental arrangement. Thus, to properly measure the fast neutron generation rate by the IECF device it is necessary to previously elaborate a detailed neutron transport model between the IECF device and the radiation shield, where the neutron detector will be located. This model is elaborated using the Monte Carlo N-Particle Code and the same is used to design the required radiation shield for the safe operation of the device.

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Biografía del autor/a

  • Seung Min Lee, Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares

    Centro de Engenharia Nuclear(CEENG). Guest researcher.

  • Eduardo Lobo Lustosa Cabral, Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares

    Centro de Engenharia Nuclear (CEENG). Researcher.

  • Helio Yoriyaz, Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares

    Centro de Enegenharia Nuclear. Researcher.

Referencias

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T. H. RIDER, A general critique of inertial confinement fusion systems, Physics of Plasmas, Vol.2 (6) (1995).

M. ROSENBERG AND N. A. KRALL, The effect of collisions in maintaining a non-Maxwellian plasma distribution in a spherically convergent ion focuses, Physics of Fluids B, Vol. 4 (1992).

C.J. WERNER, et al., MCNP6.2 Release Notes, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Report LA-UR-18-20808 (2018).

C.J. WERNER, MCNP User’s Manual - Code Version 6.2, Los Alamos National Laboratory, report LA-UR-17-29981 (2017).

PELOWITZH, DENISE B., et al., MCNP6TM User’s Manual. Version 1.0, Los Alamos National Security, LLC. (2013).

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Publicado

2022-10-29

Número

Sección

INAC 2021_XXII ENFIR_VII_ENIN

Cómo citar

Radiation shielding for a nuclear fusion device with inertial electrostatic confinement. Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences (BJRS), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, v. 10, n. 3A (Suppl.), 2022. DOI: 10.15392/2319-0612.2022.1997. Disponível em: https://bjrs.org.br/revista/index.php/REVISTA/article/view/1997. Acesso em: 16 jul. 2025.