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H. W. Kugel, G. Ascione, S. Elwood, J. Gilbert, K. Rule
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 30 | Number 3 | December 1996 | Pages 1065-1068
Neutronics Experiments and Analyses | doi.org/10.13182/FST96-A11963091
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Measurements have been made following TFTR D-T campaigns to characterize the behavior of D-T fusion reactor neutron activation using Ionization Chamber, Geiger Mueller, and Ge detector gamma-ray spectroscopy measurements. The results exhibit decay rates characteristic of the materials and geometries of the Test Cell hardware, and allow extrapolation to higher fusion power yields. The results can be used for benchmarking D-T fusion reactor activation simulations for accurate determinations of low activation long-lived cooling.