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DTRA’s advancements in nuclear and radiological detection
A new, more complex nuclear age has begun. Echoing the tensions of the Cold War amid rapidly evolving nuclear and radiological threats, preparedness in the modern age is a contest of scientific innovation. The Research and Development Directorate (RD) at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is charged with winning this contest.
Wayne R. Meier
Nuclear Technology | Volume 52 | Number 1 | January 1981 | Pages 22-31
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT81-A32686
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The nuclear heating and tritium breeding characteristics of the high yield lithium injection fusion energy (HYLIFE) converter, a reactor concept for an inertial confinement fusion electric power plant, have been analyzed using the coupled neutron-photon Monte Carlo transport code (TARTNP) and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Evaluated Nuclear Data Library. For the considered HYLIFE configuration, a total energy of 20.4 MeV is deposited in the chamber per 17.6-MeV deuterium-tritium fusion reaction, and the tritium breeding ratio is 1. 75.
