ARIES

ARIES-ACT-1

Stepwise reduction in ARIES-ACT-1 TBR from 1.8 to 1.05 upon including individual elements of SiC/LiPb blanket

3-D distribution of tritium bred in blanket of ARIES-ACT-1

3-D profile of tritium production in LiPb breeder of ARIES-ACT-1

ARIES-AT

ARIES-CS

ARIES-III

ARIES-ST

SPSS

The ARIES program is a national, multi-institutional research activity. Its mission is to perform advanced integrated design studies of the long-term fusion energy embodiments to identify key R&D directions and to provide vision for the fusion program. It is funded by the Office of Fusion Energy Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy. Since the inception of the program in 1988, the ARIES team has developed numerous MFE and IFE power plants and examined the critical design issues for a broad range of alternate concepts. All ARIES power plants generate 1000 MW of net electric power and are assumed to operate for 40 full power years.

Since the early 1990s, the UW neutronics group has been leading the ARIES nuclear task that includes neutronics, shielding, and activation. More specifically, we provide the tritium breeding ratio, neutron wall loading profile, surface and volumetric heat loads to all components, overall neutron energy multiplication, neutron dose to structural materials, service lifetimes of all components, radial/vertical builds, radioactive inventory, biological dose for maintenance, and options for handling all kinds of radioactive materials during plant operation and after decommissioning.

Publications

Activation Issues for Candidate Coating/Hohlraum Materials; L. El-Guebaly, D. Henderson, A. Abdou, P. Wilson, March 2001 [ARIES Project Meeting, Livermore CA, 8-9 March 2001]. (20 pages, 189 kB)

Tritium Breeding Issues for MFE and IFE; L.A. El-Guebaly, March 2001 [ARIES Tritium Town Meeting, Livermore CA, 6-7 March 2001]. (13 pages, 79 kB)

Effect of Calcium on TBR of ARIES-RS Li/V Blanket; L. El-Guebaly, June 2001 [ARIES Project Meeting, UCSD, 7-8 June 2001]. (6 pages, 79 kB)

Shielding Protection Schemes for Final Optics; L. El-Guebaly, June 2001 [ARIES Project Meeting, UCSD, 7-8 June 2001]. (44 pages, 1.3 MB)

Target Recycling: Problem Definition and Preliminary Analysis for ARIES-IFE-HIB; L. El-Guebaly, October 2001 [ARIES E-Meeting, 24 October 2001]. (16 pages, 221 kB)

Dry Wall Response to the HIB (Close-Coupled): Refinement of T-Xe and R-Xe Operating Windows; D.A. Haynes, Jr., October 2001 [ARIES E-Meeting, 24 October 2001]. (8 pages, 294 kB)

Liquid Wall Radiological Assessment and Feasibility of Target Recycling; L.A. El-Guebaly, P. Wilson, D. Henderson, January 2002 [presented at ARIES E-Meeting, 10-11 January 2002, University of California-San Diego]. (32 pages, 391 kB)

Target Activation and Radiological Response of ARIES-IFE Dry Wall Chamber; L.A. El-Guebaly, D.L. Henderson, P.P.H. Wilson, and A.E. Abdou, 2002 [Fusion Engineering and Design, 63-64, 653-658].

Feasibility of Recycling Hohlraum Wall Materials; L. El-Guebaly, P. Wilson, D. Henderson, A. Varuttamaseni, April 2002 [presented at the ARIES Project Meeting, 22-23 April 2002, Madison WI]. (19 pages, 250 kB)

Radiological Issues for Thin Liquid Wall Options; L. El-Guebaly, P. Wilson, D. Henderson, April 2002 [presented at the ARIES Project Meeting, 22-23 April 2002, Madison WI]. (16 pages, 285 kB)

Target Activation and Radiological Response of ARIES-IFE Dry Wall Chamber; L.A. El-Guebaly, D. Henderson, P. Wilson, A. Abdou, April 2002 [presented at the 6th International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology, San Diego, CA, 7-12 April 2002]. (1 page, 356 kB)

Thin Liquid Wall Protection Concepts for IFE Reactors; E.A. Mogahed, April 2002 [presented at the ARIES Project Meeting, 22-23 April 2002, Madison WI]. (13 pages, 1.4 MB)

Ferritic Steel Lifetime Assessment and Self-Consistent Nuclear Parameters for ARIES-IFE-HIB; L. El-Guebaly, October 2002 [presented at the ARIES Project Meeting, October 2-4, 2002, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory]. (19 pages, 845 kB)

Recycling of Target Materials vs. One-Shot Use Scenario; L. El-Guebaly, P. Wilson, D. Henderson, A. Varuttamaseni, October 2002 [presented at the ARIES Project Meeting, October 2-4, 2002, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory]. (16 pages, 320 kB)

Summary of FS Lifetime Assessment and Activation Analysis; L. El-Guebaly, October 2002 [ARIES E-Meeting, 10 October 2002]. (14 pages, 283 kB)

Coolant Cleanup and Process Requirements; I. Sviatoslavsky and L. El-Guebaly, October 2002 [presented at the ARIES Project Meeting, October 2-4, 2002, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory]. (14 pages, 450 kB)

Radiological Issues for Thin Liquid Walls of ARIES-IFE Study; L.A. El-Guebaly, P.P.H. Wilson, D.L. Henderson, L. Waganer, R. Raffray, and ARIES Team, November 2002 [presented at the 15th ANS Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 17-21 November 2002, Washington, DC]. (1 page, 454 kB)

ARIES-ST Nuclear Analysis and Shield Design; L.A. El-Guebaly, 2003 [Fusion Engineering and Design, 65, 263-284].

Minimum Radial Standoff: Problem Definition and Needed Info; L. El-Guebaly, January 2003 [presented at the ARIES Project Meeting, January 8-10, 2003, University of California at San Diego, San Diego CA]. (14 pages, 243 kB)

Radial Build Updates for Flibe/FS System; L. El-Guebaly, February 2003 [ARIES-CS E-Meeting, 25 February 2003]. (9 pages, 2.0 MB)

The ARIES Program (Advanced Research Innovation and Evaluation Study); L.A. El-Guebaly, February 4, 2003 [FTI Tuesday meeting]. (16 pages, 5.6 MB)

Radial Build Definition for LiPb/SiC and Flibe/FS Systems; L. El-Guebaly, May 2003 [presented at the ARIES-CS Project Meeting, May 7, 2003, Livermore CA]. (19 pages, 3.8 MB)

Radial Build Definition for LiPb/FS and Li/FS Systems; L. El-Guebaly, September 2003 [presented at the ARIES-CS Project Meeting, September 3, 2003, Atlanta GA]. (28 pages, 2.4 MB)

ARIES Compact Stellarator Design (ARIES-CS); L.A. El-Guebaly, September 23, 2003 [FTI Tuesday meeting]. (25 pages, 3.7 MB)

Operational Windows for Dry-Wall and Wetted-Wall IFE Chambers; F. Najmabadi, A.R. Raffray, S.I. Abdel-Khalik, Leslie Bromberg, L.A. El-Guebaly et al., 2004 [Fusion Science & Technology, 46, No. 3, 401-416].

Dry-Wall Survival Under IFE Conditions; R. Raffray, L. El-Guebaly et al., 2004 [Fusion Science & Technology, 46, No. 3, 417-437].

Radial Build Definition for Solid Breeder System; L. El-Guebaly, June 2004 [presented at the ARIES-CS Project Meeting, 16-17 June 2004, Madison WI]. (18 pages, 506 kB)

Neutron Wall Loading Profile Using CAD/MCNP Interface; M. Wang, June 2004 [presented at the ARIES-CS Project Meeting, 16-17 June 2004, Madison WI]. (17 pages, 669 kB)

ARIES-CS Radial Builds and Compositions; L.A. El-Guebaly and the ARIES Team, August 2004. (33 pages, 1.3 MB)

Initial Activation Assessment for ARIES Compact Stellarator Power Plant; L. El-Guebaly, P. Wilson, D. Paige and the ARIES Team, September 2004 [presented at the 16th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 14-16 September 2004, Madison WI]. (1 page, 816 kB)

Views on Neutronics and Activation Issues Facing Liquid-Protected IFE Chambers; L.A. El-Guebaly and the ARIES Team, September 2004 [presented at the 16th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 14-16 September 2004, Madison WI]. (1 page, 621 kB)

ARIES-CS Radial Builds and Compositions; L.A. El-Guebaly and the ARIES Team, November 2004. (17 pages, 427 kB)

Views on Neutronics and Activation Issues Facing Thick Liquid-Protected IFE Chambers; L. El-Guebaly, 2005 [Fusion Science & Technology, 47, No. 3, 544].

Three-Dimensional Modeling of Complex Fusion Devices Using CAD-MCNP Interface; M. Wang, D. Henderson, T. Tautges, L. El-Guebaly, and X. Wang, 2005 [Fusion Science & Technology, 47, No. 4, 1079].

Synergies between Generation IV and Advanced Fusion Power Plants; P. Wilson, T. Allen, and L. El-Guebaly, 2005 [Fusion Science & Technology, 47, No. 3, 445].

Radial Build and Composition for LiPb/FS/He System; L.A. El-Guebaly and the ARIES Team, March 2005. (9 pages, 4.1 MB)

Nuclear Issues for LiPb/FS/He System with Internal VV; L.A. El-Guebaly, June 2005 [presented at the ARIES-CS Project Meeting, 14-15 June 2005, Madison WI]. (16 pages, 2.9 MB)

Shielding Options for FP Maintenance Approach with External VV; L.A. El-Guebaly, June 2005 [presented at the ARIES-CS Project Meeting, 14-15 June 2005, Madison WI]. (14 pages, 1.1 MB)

Updated LOCA/LOFA Analyses for Blanket and Shield Only Regions; C. Martin, J. Blanchard, June 2005 [presented at the ARIES-CS Project Meeting, 14-15 June 2005, Madison WI]. (10 pages, 891 kB)

MCNP/CAD Activities and Preliminary 3-D Results; M. Wang, T. Tautges, D. Henderson, and L. El-Guebaly, June 2005 [presented at the ARIES-CS Project Meeting, 14-15 June 2005, Madison WI]. (20 pages, 1.7 MB)