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Aluminum blanket/shield design for a high field ignition test reactor

John A. Fillo, James R. Powell, Robert F. Benenati, Henry Makowitz

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A conceptual design is presented of a minimum activity Al blanket/shield for a High Field Ignition Test Reactor (HFITR). This blanket/shield minimizes the medium and long-term activation from high energy neutrons resulting from D-T reactions and should permit direct hands-on maintenance of blanket components from within the plasma chamber. The principal function of the proposed blanket/shield assembly is to attenuate neutrons.

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A conceptual design is presented of a minimum activity Al blanket/shield for a High Field Ignition Test Reactor (HFITR). This blanket/shield minimizes the medium and long-term activation from high energy neutrons resulting from D-T reactions and should permit direct hands-on maintenance of blanket components from within the plasma chamber. The principal function of the proposed blanket/shield assembly is to attenuate neutrons.

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A conceptual design is presented of a minimum activity Al blanket/shield for a High Field Ignition Test Reactor (HFITR). This blanket/shield minimizes the medium and long-term activation from high energy neutrons resulting from D-T reactions and should permit direct hands-on maintenance of blanket components from within the plasma chamber. The principal function of the proposed blanket/shield assembly is to attenuate neutrons.

Key concepts: Blanket, Shield, Nuclear engineering, Ignition system, Neutron, Materials science, Environmental science, Nuclear physics

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