Researchers measure tritium production rates in mock-up of water-cooled ceramic breeder blanket

(Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences ) To realize tritium self-sustaining cycle through tritium breeding blanket has been one of the core technologies of future fusion reactor. Therefore the design and function of blanket must be validated by neutronic experiment under D-T neutron environment. But due to the scarcity of DT neutron source, and highly radioactivity during neutronic experiments, it is very difficult to validate the nuclear response of the blanket, the ...