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-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)

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)

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)

UWFDM-1293 Evaluation of Disposal, Recycling, and Clearance Scenarios for Managing ARIES Radwaste after Plant Decommissioning; L. El-Guebaly, July 2006 [presented at the 8th IAEA Technical Meeting on Fusion Power Plant Safety, Vienna, Austria, 10-13 July 2006; published in Nuclear Fusion 47 (2007) 485-488]. (9 pages, 574 kB)

Evaluation of Disposal, Recycling, and Clearance Scenarios for Managing ARIES Radwaste after Plant Decommissioning; L. El-Guebaly, July 2006 [presented at the 8th IAEA Technical Meeting on Fusion Power Plant Safety, July 10-13, 2006, Vienna, Austria]. (23 pages, 9.4 MB)

UWFDM-1271 Evolution of Clearance Standards and Implications for Radwaste Management of Fusion Power Plants; L.A. El-Guebaly, P. Wilson, D. Paige, and the ARIES and Z-Pinch Teams, July 2005 (revised August 2005) [ Fusion Science and Technology, 49 (2006) 62-73]. (29 pages, 1.1 MB)

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)

UWFDM-1219 Feasibility of Target Material Recycling as Waste Management Alternative; L. El-Guebaly, P. Wilson, D. Henderson, A. Varuttamaseni, and the ARIES Team, October 2003 [published in Fusion Science and Technology 46, No. 3, 506 (2004)]. (24 pages, 903 kB)

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)

Final 3-D Neutronics Results; Laila El-Guebaly, December 1998 [ARIES E-Meeting, 4 December 1998, PPPL]. (7 pages, 72 kB)

Final Nuclear Analysis for ARIES-AT; L.A. El-Guebaly, D.L. Henderson, P. Wilson, A. Abdou, June 2000 [ARIES Review Meeting, June 19-21, 2000, Madison WI]. (27 pages, 198 kB)

Final Radial Build and Composition for LiPb/FS/He System; L.A. El-Guebaly and the ARIES Team, May 2006. (13 pages, 1.6 MB)

Final Radial Build and Composition for LiPb/FS/He System; L.A. El-Guebaly and the ARIES Team, September 2006. (15 pages, 2.0 MB)

Final Radial Builds for LiPb/FS/He and LiPb/SiC Systems; L. El-Guebaly, June 2006 [presented at the ARIES-CS Project Meeting, 14-15 June 2006, University of California-San Diego, LaJolla CA]. (19 pages, 3.8 MB)

Final Radial/Vertical Builds and Nuclear Heat Load to ARIES-AT Components; L. El-Guebaly, July 14, 2000 [no other information]. (6 pages, 46 kB)

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)

UWFDM-1225 Impact of CaO Coating on Breeding Potential of ARIES-RS Li/V Blanket System; L. El-Guebaly and the ARIES Team, April 2004. (12 pages, 900 kB)

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)

UWFDM-1236 Initial Activation Assessment for ARIES Compact Stellarator Power Plant; L. El-Guebaly, P. Wilson, D. Paige, and the ARIES Team, September 2004 [Proceedings 16th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, Fusion Science and Technology 47 (3), April 2005, pp. 440-444]. (8 pages, 1.4 MB)

UWFDM-1015 Initial Nuclear Assessment for a Low Aspect Ratio Power Plant; L.A. El-Guebaly, H.Y. Khater, and the ARIES Team, May 1996 [Presented at the 12th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Power, 16-20 June 1996, Reno NV]. (8 pages, 553 kB)

Initial Parameters for ARIES-IFE Laser/HIB Nuclear Analysis and FW Issues; L.A. El-Guebaly, September 2000 [ARIES Meeting, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, 18-20 September 2000]. (16 pages, 145 kB)

Initial Parameters for Nuclear Analysis; L.A. El-Guebaly, August 2000 [ARIES Peer Review Meeting, 17 August 2000, University of California at San Diego]. (8 pages, 89 kB)

UWFDM-1292 Insights from Clearance Assessments of Fusion Power Plants: ARIES and PPCS; L. El-Guebaly, R. Pampin, M. Zucchetti, July 2006. (20 pages, 970 kB)

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)

Integration of Nuclear, Economics, and Safety Constraints in ARIES-CS Compact Stellarator; L. El-Guebaly, P. Wilson, D. Henderson, T. Tautges, M. Sawan, G. Sviatoslavsky, B. Kiedrowski, R. Slaybaugh, A. Ibrahim, M. Wang, C. Martin, R. Raffray, S. Malang, J. Lyon, L.P. Ku, X. Wang, L. Bromberg, B. Merrill, L. Waganer, F. Najmabadi, and the ARIES-CS Team, March 2008 [presented at the U.S.-Japan Workshop on Power Plant Studies and Advanced Technologies, 5-7 March 2008, San Diego CA]. (27 pages, 18 MB)

LSA Factors and External Costs for ARIES System Code; L. El-Guebaly, March 2008 [presented at the ARIES-Pathways Project Meeting, 3-4 March 2008, San Diego, CA]. (19 pages, 432 kB)

Lifecycle Waste Disposal and Decommissioning Costs for ARIES Systems; L. El-Guebaly and L. Cadwallader, May 2008 [presented at the ARIES-Pathways Project Meeting, 28-29 May 2008, Madison WI]. (21 pages, 1.1 MB)

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)

Making Sense of Fusion Radwaste: Recycling and Clearance, Avoiding Disposal; L. El-Guebaly, June 2007 [presented at the ARIES-TNS Project Meeting, 14-15 June 2007, General Atomics, San Diego CA]. (26 pages, 1.3 MB)

UWFDM-1270 Managing Fusion High Level Waste - A Strategy for Burning the Long-Lived Products in Fusion Devices; L.A. El-Guebaly, May 2005 [presented at the Seventh International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology, May 22-27, 2005, Tokyo, Japan; Fusion Engineering and Design, 81 (2006) 1321-1326]. (13 pages, 632 kB)

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)

Near-Final Radial Build and Composition for LiPb/FS/He System; L.A. El-Guebaly and the ARIES Team, March 2006. (11 pages, 1.6 MB)

Near-Final Radial Build and Nuclear Parameters; L. El-Guebaly, April 2006 [presented at the ARIES-CS Project Meeting, 27-28 April 2006, University of Wisconsin, Madison WI]. (30 pages, 5.8 MB)

Need for Inboard Shield to Protect the Center Post of ST Power Plants; L.A. El-Guebaly, H.Y. Khater and the ARIES Team, June 1998 [Presented at the 13th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, June 7-11, 1998, Nashville TN]. (15 pages, 188 kB)

UWFDM-1080 Need for Inboard Shield to Protect the Center Post of ST Power Plants; L.A. El-Guebaly, H.Y. Khater and the ARIES Team, June 1998 [Presented at the 13th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, June 7-11, 1998, Nashville TN]. (7 pages, 493 kB)

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)

UWFDM-1372 Need for Online Adjustment of Tritium Bred in Blanket and Implications for ARIES Power Plants; L.A. El-Guebaly, S. Malang, and the ARIES Team, July 2009 [Proceedings of 3rd IAEA Technical Meeting on First Generation of Fusion Power Plants: Design and Technology, July 13-15, 2009, Vienna, Austria. To be published by IAEA.]. (9 pages, 261 kB)

UWFDM-1155 Need for Special Burning Module in Fusion Devices to Transmute Fusion High-Level Waste; L.A. El-Guebaly, June 2002. (14 pages, 337 kB)

Neutron Streaming Through Divertor He-Access Pipes: 3-D Assessment and Recommendations; L. El-Guebaly, A. Ibrahim, D. Henderson, P. Wilson, M. Sawan, December 2007 [presented at the ARIES-Pathways Project Meeting, 12-13 December 2007, Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA]. (19 pages, 17 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)

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