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Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
February 3–6, 2025
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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Twas the night before Christmas when all through the houseNo electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
All devices were plugged in by the chimney with careWith the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
Hiroshi Oomura, Hideki Nakashima, Shunji Ido, Sadao Nakai, Chiyoe Yamanaka
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 5 | Number 1 | January 1984 | Pages 80-89
Deep Penetration: Problem and Method of Solution | Special Section Contents / Sheilding | doi.org/10.13182/FST84-A23081
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Three-dimensional Monte Carlo analyses were performed for the three-legged beam ports of the laser fusion reactor SENRI-I. The validity of two devices for attenuating neutron flux was examined, and it was shown that the fast neutron flux attenuation of 1.4 × 105 can be reached by adopting these two devices in combination. The effectiveness of variance reduction techniques was also examined. It was determined that path length stretching was useful when it was used for neutron groups above 1 MeV. Adopting adjoint flux-dependent Russian roulette weight cutoff also seemed useful.