Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4921414 | Fusion Engineering and Design | 2016 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Neutronic calculations were required in order to understand the neutron transport from the source in the vacuum vessel to the fission chamber detectors mounted outside the vessel on the transformer limbs of the tokamak. We developed a simplified computational model of JET and the JET RHS in Monte Carlo neutron transport code MCNP and analyzed the paths and structures through which neutrons reach the detectors and the effect of the JET RHS on the neutron monitor response. In addition we performed several sensitivity studies of the effect of substantial massive structures blocking the ports on the external neutron monitor response. As the simplified model provided a qualitative picture of the process only, some calculations were repeated using a more detailed full 3D model of the JET tokamak.
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Authors
Luka Snoj, Igor Lengar, Aljaž Äufar, Brian Syme, Sergey Popovichev, Paola Batistoni, Sean Conroy, JET Contributors JET Contributors,