There remain some drawbacks of mechanical properties of W materials as a plasma facing
material (PFM) for fusion reactor divertors, which are low temperature brittleness, high …

Prediction of material performance in fusion reactor environments relies on computational
modelling, and will continue to do so until the first generation of fusion power plants come on …

The development of appropriate materials for fusion reactors that can sustain high neutron
fluence at elevated temperatures remains a great challenge. Tungsten is one of the …

The development of high-entropy alloys (HEAs) focuses on exploring compositional regions
in multi-component systems with all alloy elements in equal or near-equal atomic …

Tungsten plays a significant role in the nuclear industry, in which defects are generated
upon exposure to irradiation. Irradiation-induced defects, such as dislocation loops and …

Neutron irradiation in mixed spectrum reactors is an effective approach to investigate the
synergistic effects of solid transmutations and atomic displacement damage in tungsten. In …

In order to facilitate its application as plasma facing material, neutron irradiation response of
tungsten (W) has been extensively studied by employing fission reactors. In this article, the …

Abstract Tungsten–tantalum (W-Ta) alloys containing 1–5% Ta were developed for fusion
reactor applications. For the mechanical properties and resistance against recrystallization …

The aim of the present study is to extend the knowledge about the formation and thermal
stability of vacancy-type defects in tungsten under neutron irradiation, thereby mimicking the …

Tungsten is the primary candidate materials for the high neutron flux, high temperature
components of a future demonstration fusion reactor. Despite this, there is a lack of data on …