The Blanket Tritium-Breeding Lever of a Compact Spherical-Tokamak Breeder

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) 2026 Preprint Open access

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Authors: Priyanca Ford, G L Kulcinski
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.22132129
Cited by: 2
References: 6

Abstract

The blanket tritium-breeding lever of a compact spherical-tokamak breeder. Three-dimensional OpenMC neutronics on ENDF/B-VIII.0 place the lever from a bare lithium blanket (net TBR about 0.86), through a solid-beryllium-multiplied blanket, to an advanced blanket at the confirmed per-unit ceiling, reproducing across an independent nuclear-data evaluation to under 0.3 percent. The lever sets the per-unit tritium surplus; the centrepost caps the ceiling. Physics only; no economics.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Fusion materials and technologies Magnetic confinement fusion research Nuclear reactor physics and engineering

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Journal / source
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Publication date
28 August 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Preprint