Advanced shield materials for compact fusion energy

用于紧凑聚变能源的先进屏蔽材料

• 批准号: LP220100031
• 负责人: A/Prof Patrick Burr
• 金额: $ 47.09万
• 依托单位: The University of New South Wales
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Projects
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2023-01-01 至 2025-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LP220100031
• 关键词: Advanced; shield; materials; compact; fusion

We aim to predict how materials used for shielding sensitive components in nuclear fusion reactors will degrade over time. We will use this knowledge to design advanced alloys for radiation shield, which are critical for the development of more compact fusion reactors design, with lower construction cost, and shorter assembly time. These advanced shield materials may also be used in other applications in radiation fields (e.g. space, nuclear medicine). The project also seeks to extend the Australian nuclear research capability by developing an innovative technique to study radiation damage using the OPAL reactor at ANSTO.

我们旨在预测用于屏蔽核融合反应器中敏感组件的材料如何随着时间的推移而降解。我们将使用这些知识来设计用于辐射屏蔽的高级合金，这对于更紧凑的融合反应堆设计至关重要，构造成本较低，而且组装时间较短。这些先进的屏蔽材料也可以用于辐射场的其他应用中（例如空间，核医学）。该项目还试图通过开发一种创新技术来使用ANSTO上的蛋白石反应堆研究辐射损伤来扩展澳大利亚核研究能力。