K. Nordlund S. J. Zinkle A. E. Sand F. Granberg R. S. Averback R. Stoller T. Suzudo L. Malerba F. Banhart W. J. Weber F. Willaime S. L. Dudarev D. Simeone
Atomic collision processes are fundamental to numerous advanced materials technologies such as electron microscopy, semiconductor processing and nuclear power generation. Extensive experimental and computer simulation studies over the past several decades provide the physical basis for understanding the atomic-scale processes occurring during prima…
PublishedR. Lawless B. Butler A. Hollingsworth P. Camp R. Shaw
Any future European DEMO reactor which is based upon the D-T fusion reaction will require a tritium plant to reprocess gases such that they can be effectively resupplied to the tokamak fuelling systems, and to protect the environment and personnel from tritium releases. The plant must also be designed to allow replacement of burnt fuel with tritium…
PublishedS. Reynolds M. Newman D. Coombs D. Witts JET Contributors
The reduced radiotoxicity and half-life of radioactive waste arisings from nuclear fusion reactors as compared to current fission reactors is one of the key benefits of nuclear fusion. As a result of the research programme at the Joint European Torus (JET), significant experience on the management of radioactive waste has been gained which will be …
PublishedG.W. Bailey O.V. Vilkhivskaya M.R. Gilbert
During operation fusion reactor components will be exposed to long periods of neutron irradiation. As such, a reactor's structural steels will become activated and need to be disposed of as radioactive waste. Previous studies have shown that such wastes can struggle to meet low level waste requirements meaning that costly geological disposal may be…
Preprint PublishedT. A. Berry C. R. Nobs A. Dubas R. Worrall T. Eade J. Naish L. W. Packer
The accurate modelling of the activation of flowing material in a fusion reactor, such as coolant water or lithium-lead breeder, has important safety and shielding implications. Two codes developed at UKAEA which account for neutron flux variation have been investigated for the potential for incorporating computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and c…
Preprint PublishedViacheslav Kuksenko Artem Lunev Ed Darnbrough Chris Densham Patrick Hurh Steve Roberts
The effect of ion irradiation on evolution of microstructure and hardening of beryllium with different impurity levels was investigated using TEM and nanoindentation. High purity S-65 grade and less-pure S-200-F grade were implanted by helium ions at temperatures of 50°C and 200°C. 11 different energies were used, so as to create a quasi-homog…
Preprint PublishedS. Jimenez D. Bookless R. Nath W.J. Leong
In order to reach commercially-relevant availability future fusion power plants must have highly efficient maintenance systems. On the other hand, as radiation levels increase so too will the number of maintenance tasks that must be performed without human access. To meet these conflicting constraints remote maintenance systems must significantly…
Preprint PublishedDavid Andres Marta Serrano Rebeca Hernandez Yiqiang Wang Mark Richardson
The use of small specimen test techniques (SSTT) to determine mechanical properties of irradiated materials has been studied over the previous decades both in fission and fusion programs, but also to characterise and optimise new materials by nuclear and non-nuclear communities. Currently a number of activities are running that focus on the standar…
PreprintR Skilton Y Gao
Present inspection techniques in place at the Joint European Torus (JET), as well as some of those planned for ITER make use of robotically deployed inspection systems, which typically collect data for offline analysis. This can be a slow, laborious process with subjective or error-prone results. There are significant benefits to be gained through …
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