Estimates of Tritium Produced Ratio in the Blanket of Fusion Reactors

Mohammad Mahdavi, Elham Asadi

Physics Department, Mazandaran University, Babolsar, Iran.

DOI: 10.4236/ojm.2013.31002                

Abstract

For the preparation of tritium fuel as the main and rare fuel of reactors in the fusion reactors, the reactor blanket must be designed so that it provides enough tritium breeding ratio. The tritium breeding ratio, TBR, in the blanket of reactors should be greater than one, (TBR > 1), by applying lithium blanket. The calculations for proposed parameters (t_d , f_b , η and t_p), indicate that the estimated tritium breeding ratio is greater than one. The calculated TBR = 1.04 satisfies the tritium provision condition.

Keywords

Tritium Breeding Ratio; Reactor Blanket; Lithium; Fusion

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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