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Nuclear Data Libraries for Advanced Systems: Fusion Devices (FENDL-3)
Closed for proposals
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Project Code
F44002CRP
1475Approved Date
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15 March 2013Description
Based on the recognition that energy supplies play an increasingly prominent role in the world and the expectation that nuclear fusion can provide an abundant energy source, the IAEA is currently providing support for the exchange of scientific and technical information on fusion research through conferences, meetings and projects.
The Agency has initiated a Coordinated Research Project on “Nuclear Data Libraries for Advanced Systems: Fusion Devices” as part of a worldwide effort to provide reliable basic nuclear data information for design studies of fusion devices of the next generation, beyond ITER. In particular, basic nuclear data are needed for the design of the International Fusion Material Irradiation Facility (IFMIF) which represents an extension of presently available data to higher energies and for incident charged particles in addition to neutrons.
The new library will represent a substantial extension of the presently available Fusion Evaluated Nuclear Data Library (FENDL). As a result of this nuclear data evaluation work, the CRP is expected to deliver the new nuclear data library (FENDL-3.0) by the end of 2011.
Objectives
This CRP was introduced as part of the project 1.4.1.6 Nuclear data for emerging issues and advanced nuclear facilities. Due to merging of projects this is now project 1000065. The deliverables of the CRP will enable advanced nuclear facilities, in this case fusion devices, to be better designed and ultimately operated safely.
Specific objectives
The objective of the CRP is to update the existing FENDL-2.1 library to extend the energy range from 20 to 60 MeV, to add charged particle induced data and to update individual reactions with new data. Such an extended and improved FENDL-3 data library is required for fusion technology applications in particular IFMIF and ITER.
Impact
The previous library, FENDL-2.1 was recognised by the ITER project as the reference data set for the project. Several of the present CRP participants have close links to ITER and there is a recommendation in the Benchmarking report (INDC(NDS)-0631) that ‘It is thus recommended to ITER to replace FENDL-2.1 as reference data library for neutronics calculation by FENDL-3.0’. It is thus expected that the new FENDL-3 library will make a positive impact on work for ITER and because of the high energy data on the planned materials test facility IFMIF.
Relevance
The CRP is judged to be very relevant. Prior to its commencing a Technical Meeting in 2007 (INDC(NDS)-0525) recommended that there was a real need for a new data library to support ITER, IFMIF and other fusion technology requirements. The new CRP attracted very active researchers in the field and the work has been concluded satisfactorily with the production of a data library that should prove of great benefit to fusion technology.