Published August 1, 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

First result of deuterium retention in neutron-irradiated tungsten exposed to high flux plasma in TPE

  • 1. Fusion Safety Program, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID 83415 (United States)
  • 2. Hydrogen Isotope Research Center, University of Toyama, Toyama 930-8555 (Japan)
  • 3. Department of Nuclear Engineering and Management, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656 (Japan)
  • 4. Radioscience Research Laboratory, Faculty of Science, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529 (Japan)
  • 5. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 (United States)
  • 6. Department of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706 (United States)
  • 7. Hydrogen and Metallurgical Science Department, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA 94551 (United States)

Description

With the Japan-US joint research project Tritium, Irradiations, and Thermofluids for America and Nippon (TITAN), an initial set of tungsten samples (99.99% purity, A.L.M.T. Co.) were irradiated by high flux neutrons at 323 K to 0.025 dpa in High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Subsequently, one of the neutron-irradiated tungsten samples was exposed to a high-flux deuterium plasma (ion flux: 5 x 1021 m-2 s-1, ion fluence: 4 x 1025 m-2) in the Tritium Plasma Experiment (TPE) at Idaho National Laboratory (INL). The deuterium retention in the neutron-irradiated tungsten was 40% higher in comparison to the unirradiated tungsten. The observed broad desorption spectrum from neutron-irradiated tungsten and associated TMAP modeling of the deuterium release suggest that trapping occurs in the bulk material at more than three different energy sites.

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Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2010.11.050

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.jnucmat.2010.11.050;
PII
S0022-3115(10)00752-X;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Nuclear Materials
Journal Volume
415
Journal Issue
1,Suppl
Journal Page Range
p. S667-S671
ISSN
0022-3115
CODEN
JNUMAM

Conference

Title
19. international conference on plasma-surface interactions in controlled fusion
Dates
24-28 May 2010
Place
San Diego, CA (United States)

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