The phased development and component testing mission of the Fusion Nuclear Science
Facility (FNSF) implies a unique scenario for the development of structural and plasma …

Abstract The Fusion Nuclear Science Facility (FNSF) is intended to bridge the technical gaps
from ITER to DEMO, and provide a fully nuclear environment for the advancement of …

Restraining the size of fusion power plants is considered an important avenue to make them
a competitive energy source among other forms of energy production. The most critical …

In this work we consider some of the safety implications of using liquid metal (LM) plasma-
facing components (PFCs) in future fusion reactors. Candidate LMs include lithium, tin, and …

The Fusion Nuclear Science Facility (FNSF) is a nuclear confinement facility that provides a
fusion environment with components of the reactor integrated together to bridge the …

OpenMC is a community-developed Monte Carlo neutron and photon transport simulation
code. It can perform fission simulations, such as fixed-source, k-eigenvalue, and subcritical …

High-performance superconducting magnets play an important role in the design of the next
step large-scale, high-field fusion reactors such as the fusion nuclear science facility (FNSF) …

The design of the outboard region of the Fusion Nuclear Science facility has to take into
account several parameters, some of which are concerned with the structural degradation of …

Abstract The Fusion Nuclear Science Facility (FNSF) is an essential element of the US
developmental roadmap to fusion energy. The facility displays the complex integration of …

This study describes an application of the SERPENT 2 code with the TENDL-2017 nuclear
data library and the latest available model features of the Fusion Energy System Studies …