About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2027 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Transmutation Effects in Materials in Fission, Fusion, and Spallation Environments
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| Presentation Title |
FLARE: A Tool for Rapid Evaluation of Irradiation Responses for Fusion Materials Design |
| Author(s) |
Ariel Márquez, Tim Graening, Zain Karriem |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Ariel Márquez |
| Abstract Scope |
The development of fusion structural materials requires repeated evaluation of irradiation-induced responses over large composition spaces, making conventional transport and inventory calculations impractical for high-throughput alloy design. We present FLARE (First-wall Loading and Activation Response Engine), a Python framework for rapid neutronics evaluation of arbitrary alloy compositions. FLARE predicts activation, transmutation, gas production, radiation damage, decay heat, dose rates, and isotope inventories using a database of precomputed elemental responses. FLARE achieves workflow speedups exceeding three orders of magnitude while maintaining excellent agreement with direct FISPACT-II calculations. The framework provides isotope inventories for detailed analysis of transmutation products, radioactive waste classification, and material disposition. These capabilities enable activation and transmutation assessments to be incorporated into computational alloy design, optimization, and multi-physics workflows alongside mechanical, thermal, and electrical property predictions, allowing rapid screening of large numbers of candidate materials for fusion applications. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Nuclear Materials, Modeling and Simulation, Other |