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

UWFDM-1418 Neutronics Characteristics, Shielding System, Activation, and Environmental Aspects of ARIES-ACT-2 Power Plant; L. El-Guebaly and L. Mynsberge, December 2014. (36 pages, 2.7 MB)

UWFDM-1417 ARIES-ACT-1 Plasma Disruption Magnetic and Structural Analysis; C.J. Martin and J.P. Blanchard, February 2014. (23 pages, 6.2 MB)

Activation and Environmental Aspects of ARIES-ACT-1 Power Plant; L. El-Guebaly, L. Mynsberge, C. Martin, D. Henderson, 2014 [to be published in Fusion Science and Technology, 2014.].

Neutronics Characteristics and Shielding System for ARIES-ACT-1 Power Plant; L. El-Guebaly and L. Mynsberge, 2014 [to be published in Fusion Science and Technology, 2014.].

Overview of ARIES Nuclear Assessments: Neutronics, Shielding, and Activation; Laila El-Guebaly, 2014 [Progress in Nuclear Science and Technology 4, 118-121 (2014)].

Progressive Steps Towards Integral Nuclear Assessments for Fusion Devices; L. El-Guebaly, November 14, 2013 [ANS Transactions of ANS Winter Meeting, Washington, DC, November 10-14, 2013.].

UWFDM-1416 ARIES-ACT-1 Loss of Coolant/Flow Accident Thermal Analysis; C.J. Martin and L.A. El-Guebaly, October 2013. (14 pages, 1.3 MB)

Design Challenges and Activation Concerns for ARIES Vacuum Vessel; L. El-Guebaly, T. Huhn, A. Rowcliffe, S. Malang, and the ARIES-ACT Team, 2013 [Fusion Science and Technology 61 (2013) 449-454].

State-of-the-Art 3-D Assessment of Elements Degrading TBR of ARIES-ACT SiC/LiPb Blanket; L. El-Guebaly, A. Jaber, L. Mynsberge, and the ARIES-ACT Team, 2013 [Fusion Science and Technology 61 (2013) 582-586].

UWFDM-1414 Three-Dimensional Evaluation of Tritium Breeding Ratio, Nuclear Heating Distribution, and Neutron Wall Loading Profile for ARIES-ACT-1 (SiC/LiPb) Design; L. Mynsberge, A. Jaber, L. El-Guebaly, December 2012. (25 pages, 2.1 MB)

UWFDM-1411 Environmental Aspects of W-Based Components Employed in ITER, ARIES, and PPCS Fusion Designs; M. Desecures, L. El-Guebaly, June 2012. (34 pages, 1.9 MB)

Final Radial/Vertical Builds for ARIES-ACT-SiC Power Core; L. El-Guebaly, May 2012 [presented at the ARIES Project Meeting, 31 May--1 June 2012, Gaithersburg MD]. (22 pages, 5.2 MB)

Radioactive Waste Management of Fusion Power Plants; Luigi Di Pace, Laila El-Guebaly, Boris Kolbasov, Vincent Massaut and Massimo Zucchetti, April 2012 [Chapter 14 in book: Radioactive Waste. Dr. Rehab Abdel Rahman (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-51-0551-0, InTech]. ( available online )

UWFDM-1408 3-D Modeling of Neutron Wall Loading, Tritium Breeding Ratio, and Nuclear Heating Distribution for ARIES-ACT-DCLL Design; A. Jaber, L. El-Guebaly, L. Mynsberge, April 2012. (28 pages, 1.8 MB)

UWFDM-1407 Adjoint Activation for Determining Source Pathways of Radioactive Inventory; A. Jaber, D. Henderson, L. El-Guebaly, March 2012. (15 pages, 421 kB)

UWFDM-1404 Design Challenges and Activation Concerns for ARIES Vacuum Vessel Materials; L.A. El-Guebaly, T. Huhn, A. Rowcliffe, S. Malang and the ARIES-ACT Team, November 2011 (revised August 2012). (21 pages, 1.2 MB)

Basic Concepts of Thermonuclear Fusion; L. El-Guebaly, August 2011 [Chapter 5 in Nuclear Energy Encyclopedia: Science, Technology, and Applications, Steven B. Krivit and Jay H. Lehr, eds., John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 978-0-470-89439-2]. ( available online )

Power Plant Projects; L. El-Guebaly, August 2011 [Chapter 35 in Nuclear Energy Encyclopedia: Science, Technology, and Applications, Steven B. Krivit and Jay H. Lehr, eds., John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 978-0-470-89439-2]. ( available online )

ARIES-ACT-DCLL NWL Distribution and Revised Radial Build; L.A. El-Guebaly and A. Jaber, July 2011 [presented at the ARIES Project Meeting, 27-28 July 2011, Gaithersburg MD]. (21 pages, 2.3 MB)

Activation Concerns for Candidate Vacuum Vessel Materials; L.A. El-Guebaly and T. Huhn, July 2011 [presented at the ARIES Project Meeting, 27-28 July 2011, Gaithersburg MD]. (16 pages, 1.8 MB)

Comments on ARIES-ACT Strawman; L.A. El-Guebaly, April 2011 [presented at the ARIES Project Meeting, 4--5 April 2011, Bethesda, MD]. (17 pages, 1.8 MB)

Neutron Wall Loading Update; L. El-Guebaly, A. Jaber, A. Robinson, D. Henderson, April 2011 [presented at the ARIES Project Meeting, 4--5 April 2011, Bethesda, MD]. (10 pages, 1.4 MB)

Activation of W-Based Divertors of Advanced Tokamaks; A. Jaber, L. El-Guebaly, A. Robinson, D. Henderson, T. Renk, April 2011 [presented at the American Nuclear Society Student Conference, 14-17 April 2011, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA]. (1 page, 981 kB)

Activation of W-Based Divertors with Thin Re and Mo Coatings for Fusion Applications; A. Jaber, L. El-Guebaly, A. Robinson, D. Henderson, T. Renk, April 2011 [presented at the 13th Annual Undergraduate Symposium, 12 April 2011, University of Wisconsin, Madison WI]. (1 page, 974 kB)

UWFDM-1382 Activation of W-Based Divertors with Thin Re and Mo Coatings for Fusion Applications; A. Jaber, L. El-Guebaly, A. Robinson, D. Henderson, T. Renk, March 2011. (19 pages, 1.4 MB)

UWFDM-1386 Novel Solution for the Problem of Neutron Streaming Through Inboard Assembly Gaps of ARIES Tokamak Power Plants; T. Bohm, L. El-Guebaly, November 2010 [presented at 19th ANS Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, November 7-11, 2010, Las Vegas NV. Published in Fusion Science and Technology 60, Number 1 (July 2011) 278-272.].

UWFDM-1385 Activation and Radiation Damage Characteristics of W-Based Divertor of ARIES Power Plants; A. Robinson, L. El-Guebaly, D. Henderson, November 2010 [presented at 19th ANS Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, November 7-11, 2010, Las Vegas NV. Published in Fusion Science and Technology 60, Number 2 (July 2011) 715-719.].

Evaluation of Biological Dose for ARIES-CS and Comparison with Approximate Contact Dose Approach; A. Robinson, L. El-Guebaly, D. Henderson and the ARIES Team, November 2010 [presented at the 19th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 7-11 November 2010, Las Vegas NV]. (1 page, 468 kB)

UWFDM-1384 Rigorous Evaluation of Biological Dose for Fusion Systems and Comparison with Approximate Contact Dose Approach; A. Robinson, L. El-Guebaly, D. Henderson, November 2010 [presented at 19th ANS Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, November 7-11, 2010, Las Vegas NV. Published in Fusion Science and Technology 60, Number 2 (July 2011) 720-724.].

W-Based Alloys for Advanced Divertor Designs: Detailed Activation and Radiation Damage Analyses; A. Robinson, L. El-Guebaly, D. Henderson and the ARIES Team, November 2010 [presented at the 19th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 7-11 November 2010, Las Vegas NV]. (1 page, 511 kB)

UWFDM-1378 W-Based Alloys for Advanced Divertor Designs: Detailed Activation and Radiation Damage Analyses; A. Robinson, L. El-Guebaly, D. Henderson, October 2010 (revised December 2010). (23 pages, 653 kB)

3-D Assessment of Neutron Streaming Through Assembly Gaps: Outboard Options; L. El-Guebaly, A. Robinson, T. Bohm, July 2010 [presented at the ARIES Project Meeting, 29-30 July 2010, Bethesda MD]. (14 pages, 648 kB)

Electrical Resistivity Changes with Neutron Irradiation and Implications for W Stabilizing; L.A. El-Guebaly, July 2010 [presented at the ARIES Project Meeting, 29-30 July 2010, Bethesda MD]. (13 pages, 1.2 MB)

Activation Assessments of 316-SS Vacuum Vessel and W-Based Divertor; L. El-Guebaly, A. Robinson, D. Henderson, May 2010 [presented at the ARIES Project Meeting, 19 May 2010, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla CA]. (33 pages, 3.0 MB)

UWFDM-1375 Evaluation of Biological Dose for ARIES-CS and Comparison with Approximate Contact Dose Approach; A. Robinson, L. El-Guebaly, D. Henderson, May 2010. (25 pages, 1.8 MB)

ARIES-DB Design Issues; L.A. El-Guebaly, December 2009 [presented at the ARIES-Pathways Project Meeting, 15-16 December 2009, General Atomics, San Diego CA]. (14 pages, 555 kB)

Radiation Shielding Schemes and Advanced Fabrication Techniques for Superconducting Magnets; L.A. El-Guebaly and L.M. Waganer, 2009 [Chapter 8 in book: Superconducting Magnets and Superconductivity: Research, Technology and Applications. A. Aasen and P. Olsson, Editors. NOVA Science Publishers, Inc.: Hauppauge, New York, USA. ISBN: 978-1-60741-017-1 (2009) 275-291. Also published in E-Journal: International Journal of Condensed Matter, Advanced Materials, and Superconductivity Research, Volume 9, No. 1. ISSN 1067-6147 (2011) 57-74. ]. ( available online )

Integrated Management Strategy for Fusion Activated Materials: US Position and Regulations; L.A. El-Guebaly and L. Cadwallader, July 2009 [presented at the 9th IAEA Technical Meeting on Fusion Power Plant Safety, 15-17 July 2009, Vienna, Austria]. (34 pages, 1.6 MB)

Need for Online Adjustment of Tritium Bred in Blanket and Implications for ARIES Power Plants; L.A. El-Guebaly and S. Malang, July 2009 [presented at the 3rd IAEA Technical Meeting on First Generation of Fusion Power Plants - Design and Technology, 13-15 July 2009, Vienna, Austria]. (22 pages, 1.2 MB)

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