Liquid lithium target development for an accelerator-based neutron source

A proposed high-flux high energy fusion materials irradiation facility uses a deuteron beam impinging on a lithium target to produce neutrons with a spectrum that peaks around 14 MeV. The lithium target consists of a jet of liquid lithium of appropriate thickness. The lithium target development activity is examining the possibility of creating a stable planar free jet of desirable thermal hydraulic characteristics through magnetohydrodynamic body forces created by a DC magnetic field.