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

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)

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)

LOCA and LOFA Analysis for ARIES-AT; E.A. Mogahed, L. El-Guebaly, A. Abdou, March 2000 [ARIES Review Meeting, March 20-22, 2000, San Diego CA]. (20 pages, 231 kB)

LOCA and LOFA Analysis for ARIES-AT; E.A. Mogahed, L.A. El-Guebaly, A. Abdou, P. Wilson, June 2000 [ARIES Review Meeting, June 19-21, 2000, Madison WI]. (17 pages, 413 kB)

Issues for IFE Dry Wall Chambers; I.N. Sviatoslavsky, June 2000 [ARIES Review Meeting, June 19-21, 2000, Madison WI]. (25 pages, 1.3 MB)

Issues Associated with Pulsed Radiation Damage; G.L. Kulcinski, June 2000 [ARIES Review Meeting, June 19-21, 2000, Madison WI]. (10 pages, 780 kB)

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)

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)

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)

Innovations in 3-Dimensional Neutronics Analysis for Fusion Systems; P. Wilson, T. Tautges, M. Sawan, L. El-Guebaly, D. Henderson, G. Sviatoslavsky, B. Kiedrowski, A. Ibrahim, B. Smith, R. Slaybaugh, November 2006 [presented at the 17th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 13-15 November 2006, Albuquerque NM]. (27 pages, 4.2 MB)

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)

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)

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 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-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)

IFE Thick Liquid Wall Chamber Dynamics: Governing Mechanisms and Modeling and Experimental capabilities; R. Raffray, W. Meier, S. Abdel-Khalik, R. Bonazza, P. Calderoni, C. Debonnel, Z. Dragojlovic, L. El-Guebaly et al., 2006 [Fusion Science & Technology, 49, 1-27].

UWFDM-1167 High Performance Blanket for ARIES-AT Power Plant; A.R. Raffray, L. El-Guebaly, S. Gordeev, S. Malang, E. Mogahed, F. Najmabadi, I. Sviatoslavsky, D.K. Sze, M.S. Tillack, X. Wang, ARIES Team, February 2001 [published in Fusion Engineering and Design, 58-59, 549-553 (2001)].

Geometry and Thermal Hydraulics: Self-Cooled LiPb Blanket in SiC Structure for ARIES-AT Power Plant; I.N. Sviatoslavsky, E.A. Mogahed, L.A. El-Guebaly, August 1999 [ARIES Project Meeting, 9-10 August 1999, UCSD]. (29 pages, 528 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)

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

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)

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-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)

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-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)

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-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)

UWFDM-1085 Energy Payback Ratios and CO2 Emissions Associated with the UWMAK-I and ARIES-RS DT-Fusion Power Plants; S.W. White and G.L. Kulcinski, June 1998 [Presented at the 13th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, June 7-11, 1998, Nashville TN]. (7 pages, 282 kB)

UWFDM-815 Energy Conversion Options for ARIES-III -- a Conceptual D-3He Tokamak Reactor; J.F. Santarius, J.P. Blanchard, G.A. Emmert, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, L.J. Wittenberg, N.M. Ghoniem, M.Z. Hasan, T.K. Mau, E. Greenspan, J.S. Herring, W. Kernbichler, A.C. Klein, G.H. Miley, R.L. Miller, Y-K.M. Peng, M.J. Schaffer, C.P.C. Wong, D. Steiner, D-K. Sze, and the ARIES Team, October 1989 [Proceedings of the 13th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 2-6 October 1989, Knoxville TN (IEEE, NY, 1989) 1039]. (6 pages, 898 kB)

UWFDM-1148 Electromagnetic Disruption Effects in the ARIES-RS Tokamak Design; J.A. Crowell and J.P. Blanchard, October 2000 [presented at the 14th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, October 15-19, 2000, Park City UT]. (6 pages, 882 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)

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)

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