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Nuclear Response Analysis of TFC for CFETR-I Using an Optimized GVR Approach

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The nuclear analysis of the toroidal field coil (TFC) has been performed using China Fusion Engineering Test Reactor (CFETR)-I model of 33.75-degree torus sector with a pitched Neutral Beam Interface port. A novel optimized global variance reduction (GVR) approach has been applied to Monte Carlo N-Particle Transport Code (MCNP) simulation process to improve parallel computing efficiency. The nuclear response in TFC includes the nuclear heat density, the integral nuclear heat, the absorbed dose, the fast neutron fluence and the total neutron fluence. Those data were calculated and compared with the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) design limits. The results show that the fast neutron fluence, total neutron fluence and absorbed dose in some parts of inboard insulator exceed the ITER design limits, which means that more advanced shield materials should be used in radiation shielding design.

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The authors wish to acknowledge the financial supported by “the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities”.

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  1. Department of Engineering and Applied Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China

    Jia Li, Huihua Yang, Jiaduo Chen & Huabin Zhang

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Li, J., Yang, H., Chen, J. et al. Nuclear Response Analysis of TFC for CFETR-I Using an Optimized GVR Approach. J Fusion Energ 39, 1–7 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10894-020-00233-w

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