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    Navolotsky, A. S.; Afanasyev, V. I.; Melnik, A. D.; Mironov, M. I.; Nesenevich, V. G.; Petrov, S. Ya; Petrov, M. P.; Chernyshev, F. V.; Aleksandrov, I. V.; Marinin, G. V.; Terentev, D. V.; Filippov, A. S.; Belov, A. V.; Gapionok, E. I.; Kedrov, I. V.; Konin, A. Yu; Lyublin, B. V.; Sukhanova, M. V.; Tanchuk, V. N.; Hitruk, A. A.; Borisov, A. A.; Deryabina, N. A.; Mokeev, A. N.

    Physics of atomic nuclei, 12/2021, Volume: 84, Issue: 7
    Journal Article

    A neutron collimator is developed to attenuate the neutron flux and reduce the residual induced activity in the interportal space of the diagnostic system of neutral particle analyzers of the ITER tokamak reactor. The collimator is installed in the port plug of the ITER vacuum vessel in front of an inlet to the vacuum pipeline of the diagnostic system. The collimator design has a cellular structure with 80% transparency for the neutral atom beam that goes out of the plasma and is recorded by the analyzers. However, because of increased scattering of neutrons in the collimator, their flux in the interportal room in the service zone of diagnostic systems of equatorial port no. 11 is significantly reduced and allows the equivalent dose rate in this zone to be decreased by several times. Thermal analysis showed that, during the reactor operation in modes with generation of the maximum power of 500 MW, the plasma radiation will cause the heating of the collimating grid to a temperature not exceeding 250°C, which makes it possible to select the stainless steel (316L(N)-ITER grade) as a material for manufacturing the collimator. In this case the cyclic strength of the collimator meets the ITER requirements, and it can be used without replacement during the entire deuterium-tritium experiment of the tokamak reactor.