Appendix A5: 232 Th-Fueled ADS Core
A5.1 Core Configurations
See (Figs. A5.1, A5.2, A5.3, A5.4, A5.5, A5.6, A5.7 and A5.8, Table A5.1).
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O
TP
P
Q
R
T
TP TP TP TP TP
U
TP TP TP TP TP
V
TP TP TP TP TP
W
TP TP TP TP TP
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TP TP TP TP TP
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Z
Optical fiber
Tritium target
Deuteron beams
Thorium fuel and polyethylene (Th-PE)
(Th-Gr; Th-Be; Th-HEU-PE; NU-PE)
Polyethylene
3
He detector
In wire position
3 He #1
3 He #2
3 He #3
Fig. A5.1 Thorium-fueled ADS core configuration with 14 MeV neutrons (Th–PE, Th–Gr, Th–Be,
Th–HEU–PE and NU–PE) (Refs. [1–4])
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