Investigation of Some Structural Fusion Materials for (n, α) Reactions at the 14–15 MeV Energy Region

• Published in: Journal of fusion energy Vol. 30; no. 1; pp. 26 - 33
• Main Authors: Tel, E., Şahan, M., Aydın, A., Bölükdemir, M., Şahan, H., Uğur, F. A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Springer US 01-02-2011; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Controled nuclear fusion plants; Energy; Energy Systems; Energy. Thermal use of fuels; Equilibrium; Exact sciences and technology; Fusion reactors; Installations for energy generation and conversion: thermal and electrical energy; Investigations; Iron isotopes; Nuclear Energy; Nuclear Fusion; Nuclear reactions; Nuclear reactors; Original Research; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Plasma Physics; Sustainable Development; (; cross-section; Pre-equilibrium reactions; Empirical formulas; ,; EXFOR file; Nuclear fusion reactor; Database; Aluminium; (n, α) cross-section; Nuclear reaction; Cross section (collision); Damaging
• ISSN: 0164-0313; 1572-9591
• DOI: 10.1007/s10894-010-9337-4

In fusion reactor structures, a serious damage mechanism has been gas production in the metallic resulting from diverse nuclear reactions, mainly through (
n
,
α
) and (
n
,
p
) reactions above a certain threshold energy. The neutron incident energy around 14–15 MeV is enough to excite the nucleus for the reactions such as (
n
,
p
), (
n
,
d
), (
n
, 2
n
), (
n
,
t
), and (
n
,
α
). Design of the fusion reactor, about the 14–15 MeV neutron incident energy reaction cross sections is of great importance for various target nuclei. In this study, the experimental data have been taken only at 14–15 MeV energy regions from EXFOR database. The (
n
,
α
) reactions for some structural fusion materials such as
27
Al,
51
V,
52
Cr,
55
Mn,
56
Fe and
58
Ni have calculated by using evaluated empirical formulas developed by Tel et al. at 14–15 MeV and calculated with the pre-equilibrium models up to 20 MeV. The calculated results are discussed and compared with the experimental data taken from EXFOR database.