Liquid surfaces for fusion plasma facing components—A critical review. Part I: Physics and PSI

RE Nygren, FL Tabarés - Nuclear Materials and Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
This review of the potential of robust plasma facing components (PFCs) with liquid surfaces
for applications in future D/T fusion device summarizes the critical issues for liquid surfaces …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Lithium, a path to make fusion energy affordable

A De Castro, C Moynihan, S Stemmley, M Szott… - Physics of …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
In this tutorial article, we review the technological, physics, and economic basis for a
magnetic fusion device utilizing a flowing liquid lithium divertor (molten metal velocity in the …

Critical exploration of liquid metal plasma-facing components in a fusion nuclear science facility

CE Kessel, D Andruczyk, JP Blanchard… - Fusion Science and …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Liquid metal (LM) plasma-facing components (PFCs) may provide a resolution to the
challenging fusion environment, particularly the first wall and divertor surfaces. Transforming …

[HTML][HTML] Recent progress on spherical torus research

M Ono, R Kaita - Physics of Plasmas, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
The spherical torus or spherical tokamak (ST) is a member of the tokamak family with its
aspect ratio (A= R 0/a) reduced to A∼ 1.5, well below the normal tokamak operating range …

Overview of physics results from the conclusive operation of the National Spherical Torus Experiment

SA Sabbagh, JW Ahn, J Allain, R Andre… - Nuclear …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Research on the National Spherical Torus Experiment, NSTX, targets physics
understanding needed for extrapolation to a steady-state ST Fusion Nuclear Science …

Influence of lithium coatings with large-area coverage on EAST plasma performance

Z Sun, JS Hu, GZ Zuo, J Ren, B Cao, JG Li… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Over the last two EAST campaigns, lithium coatings by oven evaporation were carried out as
a routine wall conditioning method and significant progresses has been achieved. By …

Dynamics of deuterium retention and desorption from plasma-facing materials in fusion reactor-relevant conditions

T Sizyuk, T Abrams - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Hydrogen isotopes retention and desorption during and after discharges in fusion devices
are still not well understood due to the complex device conditions and limitations of in-situ …

Hydrogen retention in lithium and lithium oxide films

L Buzi, Y Yang, FJ Domínguez-Gutiérrez… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2018 - Elsevier
Pure lithium (Li) surfaces are difficult to maintain in fusion devices due to rapid oxide
formation, therefore, parameterizing and understanding the mechanisms of hydrogen (H, D) …

SIMS and HR-XPS characterization of lithiated graphite from the magnetic fusion device RFX-mod

B Rais, ET Ostrowski, A Canton, CH Skinner… - Applied Surface …, 2021 - Elsevier
Lithium wall conditioning has improved the performance of many magnetic fusion devices. Li
conditioning in the RFX-mod device was performed by:(1) a single Li pellet injector and (2) a …