Three-dimensional Monte Carlo calculation of some nuclear parameters

İnönü University, Science and Art Faculty, Physics Department, Malatya, Turkey

^* Corresponding author: mehtap.gunay@inonu.edu.tr

Published online: 29 September 2017

Abstract

In this study, a fusion-fission hybrid reactor system was designed by using 9Cr2WVTa Ferritic steel structural material and the molten salt-heavy metal mixtures 99–95% Li₂₀Sn₈₀ + 1-5% RG-Pu, 99–95% Li₂₀Sn₈₀ + 1-5% RG-PuF₄, and 99–95% Li₂₀Sn₈₀ + 1-5% RG-PuO₂, as fluids. The fluids were used in the liquid first wall, blanket and shield zones of a fusion–fission hybrid reactor system. Beryllium (Be) zone with the width of 3 cm was used for the neutron multiplication between the liquid first wall and blanket. This study analyzes the nuclear parameters such as tritium breeding ratio (TBR), energy multiplication factor (M), heat deposition rate, fission reaction rate in liquid first wall, blanket and shield zones and investigates effects of reactor grade Pu content in the designed system on these nuclear parameters. Three-dimensional analyses were performed by using the Monte Carlo code MCNPX-2.7.0 and nuclear data library ENDF/B-VII.0.