Recent advances in modeling and simulation of the exposure and response of tungsten to fusion energy conditions

J Marian, CS Becquart, C Domain, SL Dudarev… - Nuclear …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Under the anticipated operating conditions for demonstration magnetic fusion reactors
beyond ITER, structural and plasma-facing materials will be exposed to unprecedented …

Data on erosion and hydrogen fuel retention in Beryllium plasma-facing materials

G De Temmerman, K Heinola, D Borodin… - Nuclear Materials and …, 2021 - Elsevier
ITER will use beryllium as a plasma-facing material in the main chamber, covering a total
surface area of about 620 m 2. Given the importance of beryllium erosion and co-deposition …

Review of hydrogen retention in tungsten

T Tanabe - Physica Scripta, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Although extensive studies on hydrogen (H) retention in tungsten (W) loaded by ion
implantation, plasma exposure and gas charging have been done, reported amounts of H …

Results of high heat flux tests of tungsten divertor targets under plasma heat loads expected in ITER and tokamaks

VP Budaev - Physics of Atomic Nuclei, 2016 - Springer
Heat loads on the tungsten divertor targets in the ITER and the tokamak power reactors
reach~ 10MW m− 2 in the steady state of DT discharges, increasing to~ 0.6–3.5 GW m− 2 …

In-vessel dust and tritium control strategy in ITER

M Shimada, RA Pitts, S Ciattaglia, S Carpentier… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2013 - Elsevier
A baseline strategy for dust and tritium-inventory control and recovery in ITER has been
established and preparations are underway for its implementation. Limits on dust and tritium …

Preparing the scientific basis for an all metal ITER

R Neu, EUPWI Taskforce… - Plasma Physics and …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
The use of beryllium, carbon and tungsten as plasma-facing materials (PFMs) in ITER calls
for dedicated investigations on their behaviour under the expected particle and power loads …

Mechanism of hydrogen isotope exchange for tritium removal in plasma-facing materials: a multi-scale investigation

F Sun, C Hao, DY Chen, HS Zhou, Y Oya, JP Zhu… - Nuclear …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The safety of future fusion reactors is critically dependent on the tritium (T) retention in
plasma-facing materials. Hydrogen isotope (HI) exchange offers a method to redistribute HIs …

Materials-related issues in the safety and licensing of nuclear fusion facilities

N Taylor, B Merrill, L Cadwallader, L Di Pace… - Nuclear …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Fusion power holds the promise of electricity production with a high degree of safety and low
environmental impact. Favourable characteristics of fusion as an energy source provide the …

Wall conditioning for ITER: Current experimental and modeling activities

D Douai, D Kogut, T Wauters, S Brezinsek… - Journal of nuclear …, 2015 - Elsevier
Wall conditioning will be required in ITER to control fuel and impurity recycling, as well as
tritium (T) inventory. Analysis of conditioning cycle on the JET, with its ITER-Like Wall is …

First results and surface analysis strategy for plasma-facing components after JET operation with the ITER-like wall

J Likonen, E Alves, A Baron-Wiechec… - Physica …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
During the carbon wall operations of JET since 2001, an extensive post-mortem analysis
programme has been carried out under the JET Task Force Fusion Technology and a similar …