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Advanced neutron shielding material using zirconium borohydride and zirconium hydride

Hayashi, Takao; Tobita, Kenji; Nakamori, Yuko*; Orimo, Shinichi*

Journal of Nuclear Materials, 386-388, p.119 - 121, 2009/04

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2008.12.073

Times Cited Count：80 Percentile：98.17(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)

Neutron transport calculations have been carried out to assess the capability of zirconium borohydride (Zr(BH $_{4}$ ) $_{4}$ ) and zirconium hydride (ZrH $_{2}$ ) as advanced shield materials, because excellent shields can be used to protect outer structural materials from serious activation. The neutron shielding capability of Zr(BH $_{4}$ ) $_{4}$ is lower than ZrH $_{2}$ , even though the hydrogen density of Zr(BH $_{4}$ ) $_{4}$ is slightly higher than that of ZrH $_{2}$ . High-Z atoms are effective in neutron shielding as well as hydrogen atoms. The combination of steel and Zr(BH $_{4}$ ) $_{4}$ can improve the neutron shielding capability. The combinations of (Zr(BH $_{4}$ ) $_{4}$ + F82H) and (ZrH $_{2}$ + F82H) can reduce the thickness of the shield by 6.5% and 19% compared to (water + F82H), respectively. The neutron flux for Zr(BH $_{4}$ ) $_{4}$ is drastically reduced in the range of neutron energy below 100 eV compared to other materials, due to the effect of boron, which can lead to a reduction of radwaste from fusion reactors.

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Neutronics assessment of advanced shield materials using metal hydride and borohydride for fusion reactors

Hayashi, Takao; Tobita, Kenji; Nishio, Satoshi; Ikeda, Kazuki*; Nakamori, Yuko*; Orimo, Shinichi*; DEMO Plant Design Team

Fusion Engineering and Design, 81(8-14), p.1285 - 1290, 2006/02

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2005.09.060

Times Cited Count：21 Percentile：78.83(Nuclear Science & Technology)

Neutron transport calculations were carried out to evaluate the capability of metal hydrides and borohydrides as an advanced shielding material. Some hydrides indicated considerably higher hydrogen content than polyethylene and solid hydrogen. The hydrogen-rich hydrides show superior neutron shielding capability to the conventional materials. From the temperature dependence of dissociation pressure, ZrH $_{2}$ and TiH $_{2}$ can be used without releasing hydrogen at the temperature of less than 640 $^{circ}$ C at 1 atm. ZrH $_{2}$ and Mg(BH $_{4}$ ) $_{2}$ can reduce the thickness of the shield by 30% and 20% compared to a combination of steel and water, respectively. Mixing some hydrides with F82H produces considerable effects in -ray shielding. The neutron and -ray shielding capabilities decrease in order of ZrH $_{2}$ Mg(BH $_{4}$ ) $_{2}$ and F82H TiH $_{2}$ and F82H water and F82H.