Predicting the neutrons' impact
22 Jun 2012
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Lynne Degitz, US ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ
Standing in front of a neutronics model of ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ: (left to right) Ed Marriott, Tim Bohm, Paul Wilson, Mohamed Sawan and Ahmad Ibrahim, US ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ researchers at the University of Wisconsin.
US ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ researchers at the University of Wisconsin and Oak Ridge National Laboratory are developing advanced processes to assess ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ's unique tokamak components and materials in the presence of the tremendous amount of neutron flux and energy released by fusion reactions. The process, called neutronics analysis, involves a palette of complex computational codes and libraries for predicting neutron impacts.