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Brad J. Merrill
Researcher at Idaho National Laboratory
Publications - 115
Citations - 1939
Brad J. Merrill is an academic researcher from Idaho National Laboratory. The author has contributed to research in topics: MELCOR & Blanket. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 115 publications receiving 1734 citations.
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The ARIES-AT advanced tokamak, Advanced technology fusion power plant
Farrokh Najmabadi,A. Abdou,Leslie Bromberg,Thomas Brown,V.C. Chan,M.C. Chu,F. Dahlgren,Laila El-Guebaly,P.J. Heitzenroeder,Douglass L. Henderson,H.E. St. John,C.E. Kessel,L. L. Lao,G. R. Longhurst,S. Malang,T. K. Mau,Brad J. Merrill,Ronald L. Miller,E. A. Mogahed,R. L. Moore,T.W. Petrie,David A. Petti,P. A. Politzer,A.R. Raffray,Don Steiner,I.N. Sviatoslavsky,P. Synder,G.M. Syaebler,A. D. Turnbull,Mark S. Tillack,Lester M. Waganer,X. R. Wang,P. West,Paul P. H. Wilson +33 more
TL;DR: The ARIES-AT as discussed by the authors is a simple low-pressure design consisting of SiC composite boxes with a SiC insert for flow distribution that does not carry any structural load.
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An overview of dual coolant Pb–17Li breeder first wall and blanket concept development for the US ITER-TBM design
C.P.C. Wong,Siegfried Malang,Mohamed E. Sawan,Mohamad Dagher,Sergey Smolentsev,Brad J. Merrill,M.Z. Youssef,Susanna Reyes,D.-K. Sze,Neil B. Morley,Shahran Sharafat,Pattrick Calderoni,G. Sviatoslavsky,Richard J. Kurtz,P.J. Fogarty,Steven J. Zinkle,Mohamed A. Abdou +16 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a dual-coolant Pb-17Li liquid (DCLL) breeder design, where reduced activation ferritic steel (RAFS) is used as the structural material.
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The aries-cs compact stellarator fusion power plant
Farrokh Najmabadi,A.R. Raffray,Said I. Abdel-Khalik,Leslie Bromberg,L. Crosatti,Laila El-Guebaly,Paul Garabedian,A. Grossman,Douglass L. Henderson,Ahmad M. Ibrahim,T. Ihli,T. B. Kaiser,Brian C. Kiedrowski,L. P. Ku,J. F. Lyon,Rajesh Maingi,Siegfried Malang,Carl J. Martin,T. K. Mau,Brad J. Merrill,R. L. Moore,R. J. Peipert,David A. Petti,Dennis L. Sadowski,Mohamed E. Sawan,J.H. Schultz,Rachel N. Slaybaugh,K. T. Slattery,G. Sviatoslavsky,A. D. Turnbull,Lester M. Waganer,X. R. Wang,J. B. Weathers,Paul P. H. Wilson,J. C. Waldrop,Minami Yoda,M. C. Zarnstorff +36 more
TL;DR: An integrated study of compact stellarator power plants, ARIES-CS, has been conducted to explore attractive compact stellarators configurations and to define key research and development (R&D) areas.
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The Fusion Nuclear Science Facility, the Critical Step in the Pathway to Fusion Energy
Charles Kessel,James Blanchard,Andrew M. Davis,Laila El-Guebaly,Nasr M. Ghoniem,Paul W. Humrickhouse,Siegfried Malang,Brad J. Merrill,Neil B. Morley,George H. Neilson,M.E. Rensink,T.D. Rognlien,A. F. Rowcliffe,Sergey Smolentsev,Lance Lewis Snead,Mark S. Tillack,Peter Titus,Lester M. Waganer,Alice Ying,Kenneth M. Young,Yuhu Zhai +20 more
TL;DR: The Fusion Energy Systems Studies group is developing the technical basis for the FNSF in order to provide a better understanding of the demands on the fusion plasma and fusion nuclear science programs.
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A fusion reactor design with a liquid first wall and divertor
Richard E. Nygren,T.D. Rognlien,M.E. Rensink,Sergey Smolentsev,M.Z. Youssef,Mohamed E. Sawan,Brad J. Merrill,C. Eberle,P.J. Fogarty,B.E. Nelson,D.-K. Sze,Richard Majeski +11 more
TL;DR: The ARIES-RS as discussed by the authors is a prototype of a future fusion reactor with liquid wall technology for a first wall and divertor and a blanket with adequate tritium breeding.