Behavior of tungsten under irradiation and plasma interaction

M Rieth, R Doerner, A Hasegawa, Y Ueda… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2019 - Elsevier
In 1959 the Journal of Nuclear Materials (JNM) was founded and is now celebrating its
Diamond Anniversary year. The present paper is part of a series in which single JNM …

Present limits and improvements of structural materials for fusion reactors–a review

AAF Tavassoli - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2002 - Elsevier
Since the transition from ITER or DEMO to a commercial power reactor would involve a
significant change in system and materials options, a parallel R&D path has been put in …

Operating temperature windows for fusion reactor structural materials

SJ Zinkle, NM Ghoniem - Fusion Engineering and design, 2000 - Elsevier
A critical analysis is presented of the operating temperature windows for nine candidate
fusion reactor structural materials: four reduced-activation structural materials (oxide …

Development of ultra-fine grained W–(0.25–0.8) wt% TiC and its superior resistance to neutron and 3 MeV He-ion irradiations

H Kurishita, S Kobayashi, K Nakai, T Ogawa… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2008 - Elsevier
W–(0.25–0.8) wt% TiC with equiaxed grain sizes of 50–200nm and nearly full density of
99% was fabricated utilizing mechanical alloying (MA) in different gas atmospheres of H2, Ar …

Response of unalloyed tungsten to mixed spectrum neutrons

Y Katoh, LL Snead, LM Garrison, X Hu… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2019 - Elsevier
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 …

Physics and technology of spallation neutron sources

GS Bauer - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research …, 2001 - Elsevier
A substantial body of research is necessary in order to be able to make reliable predictions
on the performance and safety of Accelerator Driven Systems (ADS), in particular of their …

Limitations of W and W–1% La2O3 for use as structural materials

M Rieth, B Dafferner - Journal of nuclear materials, 2005 - Elsevier
Recent divertor designs for future fusion demonstration reactors include dispersion
strengthened tungsten as structural material. Their operation temperature window–currently …

Microstructural development of neutron irradiated W–Re alloys

Y Nemoto, A Hasegawa, M Satou, K Abe - Journal of nuclear materials, 2000 - Elsevier
Tungsten (W) alloys are candidate materials to be used as high-heat-flux materials in fusion
reactors. In our previous work, W–26 wt% Re showed drastic hardening and embrittlement …

Spark plasma sintered tungsten–mechanical properties, irradiation effects and thermal shock performance

J Matějíček, J Veverka, C Yin, M Vilémová… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2020 - Elsevier
Tungsten-based materials are the most prospective candidates for the plasma facing
components for future fusion devices, such as DEMO. In order to improve their properties …

Mechanical properties of tungsten in the transition temperature range

V Krsjak, SH Wei, S Antusch, Y Dai - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2014 - Elsevier
In this work, fracture properties of two different powder-metallurgy (PM) tungsten materials
have been studied. Two sets of mini bend bar specimens were fabricated either from a cross …