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Ontario eyes new nuclear development
A 1,300-acre site left undeveloped on the shores of Lake Ontario four decades ago could see new life as the home to a large nuclear facility.
Yuefeng Qiu, Ulrich Fischer
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 74 | Number 4 | November 2018 | Pages 406-411
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2018.1500847
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Global neutron flux and dose maps for the test cell (TC) of the IFMIF-DONES (International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility–DEMO Oriented NEutron Source) have been calculated applying the advanced variance reduction tool ADVANTG. The neutronics model of the TC has been updated to the current IFMIF-DONES design of the target assembly, the high flux test module, and the lithium quench tank as well as the TC surrounding rooms. A weight-window (WW) mesh has been produced using ADVANTG with the well-configured setups for IFMIF-DONES conditions. This WW mesh has been adjusted to achieve reasonably good statistics for the global flux mesh tally. It is concluded that the thickness of the beam upstream and lateral wall can be reduced by 0.5 m without strongly affecting the shielding performance. The neutron streaming through the gaps of the shielding plugs to the access cell above the TC requires local shielding to allow frequent access during operation.