Dust and powder in fusion plasmas: Recent developments in theory, modeling, and experiments

S Ratynskaia, A Bortolon, SI Krasheninnikov - Reviews of Modern Plasma …, 2022 - Springer
In this paper, we present a brief historic overview of the research on dust in fusion devices
with carbon plasma-facing components and then highlight the most recent developments in …

Tritiated stainless steel (nano) particle release following a nuclear dismantling incident scenario: Significant exposure of freshwater ecosystem benthic zone

DL Slomberg, M Auffan, M Payet, A Carboni… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Nuclear facilities continue to be developed to help meet global energy demands while
reducing fossil fuel use. However, an incident during the dismantling of these facilities could …

Comprehensive screening of plasma-facing Materials for nuclear fusion

A Fedrigucci, N Marzari, P Ricci - PRX Energy, 2024 - APS
Plasma-facing materials (PFMs) represent one of the most significant challenges for the
design of future nuclear fusion reactors. Inside the reactor, the divertor will experience the …

Experimental simulation of materials degradation of plasma-facing components using lasers

N Farid, SS Harilal, O El-Atwani, H Ding… - Nuclear …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
The damage and erosion of plasma-facing components (PFCs) due to extremely high heat
loads and particle bombardment is a key issue for the nuclear fusion community. Currently …

[HTML][HTML] Tungsten dust impact on ITER-like plasma edge

RD Smirnov, SI Krasheninnikov, AY Pigarov… - Physics of …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
The impact of tungsten dust originating from divertor plates on the performance of edge
plasma in ITER-like discharge is evaluated using computer modeling with the coupled dust …

Survival and in-vessel redistribution of beryllium droplets after ITER disruptions

L Vignitchouk, S Ratynskaia, P Tolias, RA Pitts… - Nuclear …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The motion and temperature evolution of beryllium droplets produced by first wall surface
melting after ITER major disruptions and vertical displacement events mitigated during the …

Behaviour of tungsten alloy with iron and nickel under repeated high temperature plasma pulses

T Laas, K Laas, J Paju, J Priimets, S Tõkke… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The changes of the structure and properties of a dual phase tungsten (W) alloy (with either
3% or 5% of an added mixture of Fe and Ni) are investigated after irradiation with powerful …

Tungsten melt losses under QSPA Kh-50 plasma exposures simulating ITER ELMS and disruptions

IE Garkusha, VA Makhlai, NN Aksenov… - Fusion Science and …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Experimental simulations of ITER transient events with surface heat load parameters
relevant to edge-localized-mode (ELM) impacts and disruptions have been performed with a …

Interaction of adhered metallic dust with transient plasma heat loads

S Ratynskaia, P Tolias, I Bykov, D Rudakov… - Nuclear …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The first study of the interaction of metallic dust (tungsten, aluminum) adhered on tungsten
substrates with transient plasma heat loads is presented. Experiments were carried out in …

Material ejection and surface morphology changes during transient heat loading of tungsten as plasma-facing component in fusion devices

A Suslova, O El-Atwani, SS Harilal… - Nuclear Fusion, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigated the effect of edge-localized mode like transient heat events on pristine
samples for two different grades of deformed tungsten with ultrafine and nanocrystalline …