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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"deuterium-tritium"”.
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Reaction kinetics of deuterium-tritium mixtures
Thesis: M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Nuclear Engineering, 1960
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The Thermal Instability of a Deuterium-Tritium Tokamak Plasma
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Techno-economic Analysis of Deuterium-Tritium Magnetic Confinement Fusion Power Plants
… thesis presents the techno-economic analysis of Deuterium-Tritium Magnetic Confinement Fusion Power Plants (FPP), tailored to enhance the economic viability and scalability of FPPs in response to global energy challenges and climate change. Amidst a backdrop of substantial investments in fusion …
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Theory and Development of a Sealed Deuterium-Tritium Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Neutron Generator
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Deuterium-Helium-Three Proton Yield as a Diagnostic for Deuterium-Tritium and deuterium-Filled Inertial Confinement Fusion Experiments
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Laser-driven implosion characterization by the analysis of charged-fusion-product energy spectra
… charged-fusion products escaping laser-imploded deuterium-tritium filled glass microballoon targets were measured with a time-of-flight (TOF) spectrometer. The TOF spectrometer was carefully designed, constructed and calibrated to simultaneously measure alpha-particles and protons.
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Evaluation of the Relative Neutronic Risk of Alternative Fusion Fuels
… were modeled for five fusion fuels consisting of Deuterium-Tritium, Deuterium-Deuterium, Deuterium-Helium 3, Deuterium-Lithium 6, and Hydrogen-Boron 11. Simplistic shielding and activation models were carried out in standardized 500MW reactors.
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Preparation and properties of plasma polymers containing organometallic (CoTPP) or metal (Be) inclusions
… targets that are to be diffusion-filled with deuterium-tritium fuel.</p> <p>A membrane formed by incorporating CoTPP into a T2B plasma polymer matrix exhibited pressure dependent permeability behavior typical of fixed site facilitated transport. This behavior is adequately described by a dual …
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A Multi-Region Multi-Timescale Burning Plasma Dynamics Model for Tokamaks
… for burning plasma dynamics research. The deuterium-tritium fusion generates energetic alpha particles, which first transfer their energy to core electrons. The heated electrons and remaining fusion alpha particles then heat core ions through Coulomb collisions, which can increase the …
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Intense pulsed neutron generation based on the principle of Plasma Immersion Ion Implantation (PI3) technique
The development of a deuterium-deuterium/ tritium-deuterium (D-D/ D-T) pulsed neutron generator based on the principle of the Plasma Immersion Ion Implantation (PI3) technique is presented, in terms of investigating development of a compact system to generate an ultra short burst of mono-energetic …
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Experimental Validation of the Monte Carlo-based Shielding Design of the UIUC D-T Neutron Metrology Facility
… fusion technology enable the use of high-yield deuterium-tritium (D-T) based generators for a variety of applications related to nuclear engineering, medicine, security, and material analysis. We recently designed and set up a laboratory based on a D-T generator. The generator and ancillary …
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Muon regeneration in muon catalyzed dt-fusion
… alpha sticking fraction will in muon catalyzed deuterium- tritium fusion has been comprehensively reanalyzed with the particular emphasis put on the density dependence of the stopping power in dense hydrogen. The main technical details and improvements in this work are: The (aμ)+ 2s and 2p …
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Simulation of muon-catalysed fusion experiments
… to measure alpha-muon sticking in muon catalysed deuterium-tritium fusion. The experiments simulated are those which measure the ratio of αμ to α from fusion in a low density gas target by detecting collinear alpha-neutron coincidences and relying on the differing stopping powers of the α and αμ …
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Feasibility study of compact Neutron Resonance Transmission Analysis using a linac, a fusion-based neutron generator, and an isotopic source
… neutrons adds complexity, bulk, and expense. A deuterium-tritium (DT) fusion-based neutron generator produces a moderate neutron flux (10⁶ neutrons/s) and complexity relative to the linac and isotopic configurations. Isotopic NRTA may provide the simplest solution but limits flux to 10⁴ neutrons …
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An improved method for measuring the absolute DD neutron yield and calibrating neutron time-of-flight detectors in inertial confinement fusion experiments
… than one indicates net energy production. In deuterium/tritium fuel mixtures the yield is determined by measuring the reactant 14.0 MeV neutrons. Subsequently, the ability to obtain highly accurate absolute neutron yield measurements is vital to determining the ITFX and hence progress toward …
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Design and construction of high-temperature, high-vacuum tensile tester for fusion reactor materials
… response to high-energy neutrons produced in a deuterium-tritium burning fusion device. The specimen will then be heated to 500-1000 °C and tensile tested in high vacuum to eliminate sample oxidation and provide clean measurements. The design and fabrication of the test stand are given in this …
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Isothermal model of ICF burn with finite alpha range treatment
A simple model for simulating deuterium tritium burn in inertial confinement fusion capsules is developed. The model, called the Isothermal Rarefaction Model, is zero dimensional (represented as ordinary differential equations) and treats disassembly in the isothermal limit. Two substantive …
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A Nickel Short: Rethinking Element Scarcity in Pursuit of a Fusion-Powered World
… power. Using the ARC Magnetic Confinement (MC) Deuterium-Tritium (D-T) fusion concept as a framework, this research integrates mineral usage estimates from the International Energy Agency (IEA) with MIT Energy Initiative’s (MITEI) energy production forecasts by generation technology. Using …
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A Computational Study of A Lithium Deuteride Fueled Electrothermal Plasma Mass Accelerator
… fast, deep-fueling systems to inject frozen deuterium-tritium pellets at high speeds and high repetition rates into the hot plasma core. There have been several studies and concepts for pellet injectors generated, and different devices have been proposed. In addition to fueling, recent …
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Dynamics of vibrational energy flow, quantum computing and laser assisted fusion
… I simulated the dynamics of two bare nuclei (deuterium-tritium) interacting with a shaped femtosecond laser pulse in one dimension. Simulations showed that the shaped laser pulse is able to keep the two nuclei together and bring them closer than an unshaped gaussian femtosecond laser pulse. …
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