Materials to deliver the promise of fusion power–progress and challenges

EE Bloom, SJ Zinkle, FW Wiffen - Journal of nuclear materials, 2004 - Elsevier
High-performance reduced-activation materials are crucial for fulfillment of the promise of
fusion to provide safe, economical, and environmentally acceptable energy. Three reduced …

Helium-hydrogen synergistic effects in structural materials under fusion neutron irradiation

J Huang, H Liu, Z Gao, Y Su, Q Liu, W Ge, F Luo… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In fusion reactors, 14 MeV high-energy neutron irradiation of structural materials will
produce large amounts of helium and hydrogen simultaneously with displacement defects …

Synergies between H, He and radiation damage in dual and triple ion irradiation of candidate fusion blanket materials

LN Clowers, Z Jiao, GS Was - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Three ferritic/martensitic alloys were studied to understand the synergistic effect between
single ion beam (Fe 2+), dual ion beam (Fe 2++ He 2+ and Fe 2++ H+), and triple ion beam …

Synergistic effect of helium and hydrogen for defect evolution under multi-ion irradiation of Fe–Cr ferritic alloys

T Tanaka, K Oka, S Ohnuki, S Yamashita… - Journal of nuclear …, 2004 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the synergistic effect of helium and hydrogen on Fe–
Cr ferritic model alloys, to provide basic understanding concerning development of fusion …

Cavity swelling in irradiated materials

A Bhattacharya, SJ Zinkle - 2020 - osti.gov
Cavity swelling, due to three-dimensional clustering of vacancies, is an undesirable isotropic
volume expansion of materials under irradiation. This phenomenon occurs above stage-III …

Stochastic cluster dynamics method for simulations of multispecies irradiation damage accumulation

J Marian, VV Bulatov - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2011 - Elsevier
Accurate modeling of irradiation damage processes is important to predict materials
performance in nuclear environments. The mean-field rate theory (RT) approach has been …

Synergistic effects in hydrogen–helium bubbles

E Hayward, C Deo - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
The detrimental effects of hydrogen and helium on structural materials undergoing
irradiation are well documented, if not well understood. There is experimental evidence to …

Swelling behavior of F82H steel irradiated by triple/dual ion beams

E Wakai, K Kikuchi, S Yamamoto, T Aruga… - Journal of nuclear …, 2003 - Elsevier
Irradiations for spallation target vessels and structural materials of fusion reactors were
simulated using simultaneous triple/dual ion beams consisting of Fe3+, He+ and H+ ions or …

The effect of hydrogen co-injection on the microstructure of triple ion irradiated F82H

LN Clowers, GS Was - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
The reduced activation ferritic/martensitic steel F82H-IEA was studied through a systematic
set of dual (Fe 2++ He 2+) and triple (Fe 2++ He 2++ H+) ion irradiations to determine the …

Effect of triple ion beams in ferritic/martensitic steel on swelling behavior

E Wakai, T Sawai, K Furuya, A Naito, T Aruga… - Journal of nuclear …, 2002 - Elsevier
The synergistic effects of displacement damage and atomic hydrogen and helium on
swelling of the ferritic/martensitic steel, F82H, has been investigated. The irradiation was …