Predicting the neutrons' impact
22 Jun 2012
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Lynne Degitz, US ºÚÁÏÍø
Standing in front of a neutronics model of ºÚÁÏÍø: (left to right) Ed Marriott, Tim Bohm, Paul Wilson, Mohamed Sawan and Ahmad Ibrahim, US ºÚÁÏÍø researchers at the University of Wisconsin.
US ºÚÁÏÍø researchers at the University of Wisconsin and Oak Ridge National Laboratory are developing advanced processes to assess ºÚÁÏÍø's unique tokamak components and materials in the presence of the tremendous amount of neutron flux and energy released by fusion reactions. The process, called neutronics analysis, involves a palette of complex computational codes and libraries for predicting neutron impacts.