Advances in Radiation Shielding for Fusion Reactors

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-0-08-102796-7
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Advances in Radiation Shielding for Fusion Reactors provides complete guidance on radiation shielding principles and their application to nuclear fusion facilities, incorporating the lessons learnt from the design and construction of the latest major modern nuclear fusion facilities such as ITER. It provides an insight of the main challenges and the computational approach to deal with them efficiently. Although applicable to general radiation shielding problems, specific attention is given to problems associated with conceptual fusion reactors. This includes neutron and gamma-ray shielding in deep penetration and streaming geometries, activation, radio-active waste, occupational radiation exposure and ALARA.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Manas, Rafael Juarez

Loughlin, Michael

Javier, Sanz

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Arbeitsplatz, Arbeitsschutz, Gefahrstoffschutz
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Atomenergietechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction to nuclear fusion shielding2. Fundamentals of the radiation interaction with matter3. Radiation Sources in Magnetic Fusion devices4. Radiation Concerns in Magnetic Fusion devices5. Shielding principles6. Design aspects to consider in the radiation shielding7. Shielding strategy in magnetic fusion reactors8. Computational methods for the radiation transport9. Computational methods for activation and decay quantities10. Determination of safety factors11. Application to Inertial Fusion Energy12. Application to Fusion Related Accelerators13. Recommendations on occupational and public radiation exposure

Über Autor(innen)

Loughlin, Michael
Dr Loughlin has been involved in nuclear fusion research for over 30 years which has included involvement in the historic first experiments in the use of Deuterium-Tritium plasmas at JET and TFTR. Over the last 10 years, as Co-coordinator of Nuclear Analysis and Shielding at ITER, he had led the drive to ever more sophisticated, powerful and precise predictions of the nuclear performance of fusion devices.

Manas, Rafael Juarez
Dr Juarez has participated in diverse European research activities to expand the computational capabilities of fusion neutronics, and their application to the design of both inertial and magnetic fusion reactors. His main field of research is the development of computational schemes like R2S-UNED and D1S-UNED to determine the shutdown dose rates and shielding related to fusion facilities. For his PhD., he proposed and developed the shielding and different neutronics aspects of the European HiPER reactor. Since then, he has been involved in the design of European DEMO reactors, and more importantly in ITER shielding aspects. Nowadays, he is the technical manager of the UNED team, which plays an important role in the ITER shielding design as high level nuclear analysis provider.

Javier, Sanz
Dr Sanz is currently full professor at UNED, where he has directed over 20 PhDs. related to computational capabilities for the fusion radiation shielding design and their application in the conception of a wide range of nuclear fusion facilities. His career started in the 80's with the development of ACAB code, and its application to the shielding design of the National Ignition Facility (US). Since then, he has created and led a research team with over 30 researchers in the last 20 years. He has coordinated the development of relevant tools for the prediction of the radiation fields and their effects, which account for important contributions to the field, like ACAB, MC-UNED and the most advanced implementations of the rigorous two steps and direct-one-step methods, R2S-UNED and D1S-UNED respectively. All these tools were used under his leadership in the shielding design of the inertial reactors HYLIFE-II, SOMBRERO and HiPER, the magnetic reactors European DEMO saga and ITER, and the fusion related accelerators EVEDA, IFMIF, and DONES. His background and academic position grant him with a privileged overview of the status of the nuclear shielding for fusion reactors. Nowadays he is the coordinator of the UNED team, which plays an important role in the ITER shielding design as high level nuclear analysis provider.