Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Progress in Nuclear Energy, cilt.174, 2024 (SCI-Expanded)
In this study, a novel approach has been investigated by using a mixture of thorium and molten salts as a dual-purpose coolant and medium for the production of fissile fuel in a Fusion Fission Hybrid Reactor (FFHR) for the reference geometry of ITER. The study highlighted the broader benefits of thorium fuel cycling, safety features, and reduced radioactive minor actinides generation. The use of a thorium-melted salt coolant for fissile fuel production in a fusion-fission hybrid reactor represented a promising path towards efficient and sustainable nuclear energy, with potential benefits in terms of safety features and reduced generation of radioactive minor actinides. In this study, SS 316 LN-IG was selected as the first wall material for the reactor, and a molten salt fuel mixture of LiF–ThF4 was used as the coolant, taking into account the eutectic points of the material, the nominal fusion power in the FFHR for the Tokamak design concept is considered to be 500 MW. The nuclear code MCNP6 was used with the nuclear data libraries ENDF/B-VIII and CLAW-IV for the neutron calculations. The time evolution of the isotopes in the reactor was calculated with the interface code MCNPAS. The study results are evaluated in terms of tritium breeding ratio, energy multiplication factor, radiation damage, fissile fuel production and fuel burn-up value.The 4-year operation history of total TBR value is calculated and always above 1.05 and increases with time.Th initially decreased from 631.3 tonnes to 587.2 tonnes, while 233U production during this period was 9.1 tonnes. According to these results, the first wall replacement period was calculated as 3.9 years.