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- Title
Potential of Joint Operation of VVER Reactors and Fusion Reactors.
- Authors
Blandinsky, V. Yu.; Bobrov, E. A.; Davidenko, V. D.; Dyachkova, O. V.; Karpushkin, T. Yu.; Tsibulskiy, S. V.
- Abstract
The article discusses the issue of tritium production in VVER reactors in order to use it as fuel material in fusion reactors. The production of one tritium nucleus from the raw isotope 6Li requires the expenditure of one neutron. This is equivalent to neutron losses in the fuel cycle of a fission reactor. The absorption of neutrons by 6Li is partially compensated by the fuel burnup reactivity reserve in the fission reactor. However, owing to the insufficiently rapid burnup of 6Li, it acts as an absorber throughout the entire campaign. This leads to its reduction.
- Subjects
FUSION reactors; REACTIVITY (Fission reactors); FUEL cycle; NEUTRON capture; TRITIUM; NUCLEAR reactor materials
- Publication
Physics of Atomic Nuclei, 2023, Vol 86, pS130
- ISSN
1063-7788
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1134/S1063778823140028