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

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)

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)

UWFDM-1269 Potential Coatings for Li/V System: Nuclear Performance and Design Issues; L.A. El-Guebaly, May 2005 [presented at the Seventh International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology, May 22-27, 2005, Tokyo, Japan; published in Fusion Engineering and Design, 81 (2006) 1327-1331]. (10 pages, 650 kB)

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)

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)

2-D Analysis of Neutron Streaming Through Helium Access Tubes; L. El-Guebaly, S. Malang, X. Wang, September 2005 [presented at the ARIES-CS Project Meeting, Meeting, 15-16 September 2005, PPPL, Princeton NJ]. (16 pages, 9.2 MB)

Assessment of Power Core Parameters and Related Costs; L. El-Guebaly, November 2005 [presented at the ARIES Project Meeting, 17-18 Novemeber 2005, University of California-San Diego, San Diego CA]. (23 pages, 2.9 MB)

UWFDM-1285 Current Challenges Facing Recycling and Clearance of Fusion Radioactive Materials; L.A. El-Guebaly, R.A. Forrest, T.D. Marshall, N.P. Taylor, K. Tobita, M. Zucchetti, November 2005. (20 pages, 1.3 MB)

UWFDM-1286 The Feasibility of Recycling and Clearance of Active Materials from Fusion Power Plants; M. Zucchetti, L.A. El-Guebaly, R.A. Forrest, T.D. Marshall, N.P. Taylor, K. Tobita, November 2005 [submitted to the 12th International Conference on Fusion Reactor Materials, 4-9 December 2005, Santa Barbara CA; published in J. Nucl. Matls. 367-370 (2007) 1355-1360]. (12 pages, 1.2 MB)

Assessment of Power Core Parameters and Related Costs (Part II); L. El-Guebaly, January 2006 [presented at the ARIES Project Meeting, 23 January 2006, University of California-San Diego, San Diego CA]. (12 pages, 265 kB)

Nuclear Performance Assessment of ARIES-AT; L.A. El-Guebaly, Jan. 2006 [Fusion Engineering and Design, 80, 99-110].

Revised Radial Build Data - Breeding and Streaming Concerns; L. El-Guebaly, January 2006 [presented at the ARIES Project Meeting, 23 January 2006, University of California-San Diego, San Diego CA]. (20 pages, 4.2 MB)

The ARIES-AT advanced tokamak, Advanced technology fusion power plant; F. Najmabadi, A. Abdou, L. Bromberg, T. Brown, V.C. Chan, M.C. Chu, F. Dahlgren, L. El-Guebaly, P. Heitzenroeder, D. Henderson, H.E. St. John, C.E. Kessel, L.L. Lao, G.R. Longhurst, S. Malang, T.K. Mau, B.J. Merrill, R.L. Miller, E. Mogahed, R.L. Moore, T. Petrie, D.A. Petti, P. Politzer, A.R. Raffray, D. Steiner, I. Sviatoslavsky, P. Synder, G.M. Syaebler, A.D. Turnbull, M.S. Tillack, L.M. Waganer, X. Wang, P. West and P. Wilson, Jan. 2006 [Fusion Engineering and Design, 80, 3-23].

ARIES-AT safety design and analysis; D. Petti, B. Merrill, R. Moore, G. Longhurst, L. El-Guebaly, E. Mogahed, D. Henderson, P. Wilson, and A. Abdou, Jan. 2006 [Fusion Engineering and Design, 80, 111-137].

Advanced Power Core System for the ARIES-AT Power Plant; R. Raffray, L. El-Guebaly, S. Malang, I. Sviatoslavsky et al., Jan. 2006 [Fusion Engineering and Design, 80, 79-98].

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].

Design approach of the ARIES-AT power core and vacuum vessel cost assessment; L.M. Waganer, F. Najmabadi, M.S. Tillack, X. Wang, and L.A. El-Guebaly, Jan. 2006 [Fusion Engineering and Design, 80, 181-200].

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)

Assessment of Power Core Parameters and Related Costs (Part III); L. El-Guebaly, April 2006 [presented at the ARIES-CS Project Meeting, 27-28 April 2006, University of Wisconsin, Madison WI]. (11 pages, 595 kB)

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)

Status of CAD/MCNP Status of CAD/MCNP; Paul Wilson, April 2006 [presented at the ARIES-CS Project Meeting, 27-28 April 2006, University of Wisconsin, Madison WI]. (25 pages, 1.7 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 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)

UWFDM-1294 Clearance Considerations for Slightly-Irradiated Components of Fusion Power Plants; L. El-Guebaly, R. Pampin, M. Zucchetti, 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) 480-484]. (10 pages, 707 kB)

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-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)

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)

ARIES-CS Neutron Wall Loading with 3-D Source Function; P. Wilson, L.A. El-Guebaly, B. Kiedrowski, September 2006. (13 pages, 500 kB)

Status of 3-D Analysis, Neutron Streaming through Penetrations, and LOCA/LOFA Analysis; L. El-Guebaly, M. Sawan, P. Wilson, D. Henderson, A. Ibrahim, G. Sviatoslavsky, B. Kiedrowski, T. Tautges, C. Martin, October 2006 [presented at the ARIES-CS Project Meeting, 4-5 October 2006, PPPL, Princeton NJ]. (23 pages, 4.2 MB)

3-D Source, Neutron Wall Loading and Radiative Heating for ARIES-CS; P. Wilson, B. Kiedrowski, L.A. El-Guebaly, October 2006 [presented at the ARIES Project Meeting and Review, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton NJ, 4-5 October 2006]. (26 pages, 1.5 MB)

3-D Source, Neutron Wall Loading and Radiative Heating for ARIES-CS; Paul Wilson, Brian Kiedrowski, Laila El-Guebaly, October 2006 [presented at the ARIES-CS Project Meeting, 4-5 October 2006, PPPL, Princeton NJ]. (26 pages, 2.7 MB)

Overview of ARIES-CS In-Vessel Components: Integration of Nuclear, Economics, and Safety Constraints in Compact Stellarator Design; L. El-Guebaly, R. Raffray, S. Malang, J. Lyon, L.P. Ku, X. Wang, L. Bromberg, P. Wilson, D. Henderson, T. Tautges, M. Sawan, G. Sviatoslavsky, B. Kiedrowski, R. Slaybaugh, A. Ibrahim, M. Wang, C. Martin, B. Merrill, L. Waganer, F. Najmabadi, and the ARIES Team, November 2006 [presented at the 17th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 13-15 November 2006, Albuquerque NM]. (25 pages, 16 MB)

ARIES-CS Loss of Coolant and Loss of Flow Accident Analyses; C. Martin, L. El-Guebaly and the ARIES Team, November 2006 [presented at the 17th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 13-15 November 2006, Albuquerque NM]. (16 pages, 1.7 MB)

UWFDM-1306 ARIES-CS Loss of Coolant and Loss of Flow Accident Analysis; C.J. Martin and L.A. El-Guebaly, November 2006 [presented at the 17th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 13-15 November 2006, Albuquerque NM]. (8 pages, 584 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)

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