Irradiation damage concurrent challenges with RAFM and ODS steels for fusion reactor first-wall/blanket: a review

A Bhattacharya, SJ Zinkle, J Henry… - Journal of Physics …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Reduced activation ferritic martensitic (RAFM) and oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS)
steels are the most promising candidates for fusion first-wall/blanket (FW/B) structures. The …

Corrosion of 316H stainless steel in flowing FLiNaK salt

SS Raiman, JM Kurley, D Sulejmanovic… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2022 - Elsevier
Type 316H stainless steel samples were exposed to flowing FLiNaK salt for 1000 h in a
monometallic thermal convection loop (TCL) with a maximum temperature of 650° C and a …

Recent Progress on Creep Properties of ODS FeCrAl Alloys for Advanced Reactors

H Jia, Y Wang, Y Wang, L Han, Y Zhang, Z Zhou - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
In order to meet the growing energy demand, more environmentally friendly and efficient
GEN-IV reactors have emerged. Additionally, nuclear structural materials need larger more …

Evaluation of the interaction between SiC, pre-oxidized FeCrAlMo with aluminized and pre-oxidized Fe-8Cr-2W in flowing PbLi

M Romedenne, Y Zhang, YF Su, B Pint - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Dissimilar materials interactions are a major concern when liquid metals are used as a
working fluid. To simulate a dual-coolant PbLi blanket, chemical vapor deposited (CVD) SiC …

[HTML][HTML] Chemical and structural durability of α-Al2O3 and γ-LiAlO2 layers formed on ODS FeCrAl alloys in liquid lithium lead stirred flow

M Kondo, S Hatakeyama, N Oono-Hori, Y Kitamura… - Corrosion …, 2024 - Elsevier
The protection performance of an α-Al 2 O 3 layer formed on oxide dispersion-strengthened
(ODS) FeCrAl alloys in liquid LiPb flow was investigated by means of the corrosion tests …

The Tritium Extraction eXperiment (TEX): A forced convection fusion blanket PbLi loop

CN Taylor, TF Fuerst, RJ Pawelko… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2023 - Elsevier
A forced convection PbLi loop has been designed and constructed to test tritium extraction
from molten PbLi. This Tritium Extraction eXperiment (TEX) is designed to operate at …

Corrosion-resistant materials for liquid LiPb fusion blanket in elevated temperature operation

M Kondo, S Hatakeyama, N Oono, T Nozawa - Corrosion Science, 2022 - Elsevier
The corrosion tests of CVD-SiC, FeCrAl alloy (APMT, Fe-22Cr-5Al) and ODS FeCrAlZr alloy
(NF12, Fe-11.6 Cr-6.2 Al) were performed in liquid LiPb up to 1173 K for 250 h. High-purity …

[HTML][HTML] Growth of α-Al2O3 layer involving abnormal oxides in FeCrAl alloy tube fabricated by WEDM process and electrical insulating performance in fusion reactor …

R Muto, M Kondo, T Endo, R Nishio… - Surface and Coatings …, 2024 - Elsevier
The tubular specimens of FeCrAl alloy APMT (Fe-22Cr-5Al-3Mo) were fabricated by a wire
electrical discharge machining (WEDM) process. The oxidation characteristics of the …

Exploring Material Solutions for Supercritical CO2 Applications above 800 °C

BA Pint, JR Keiser - Oxidation of Metals, 2022 - Springer
There has been recent interest in exploring revolutionary supercritical CO2 (sCO2) power
cycles, and this exploratory investigation was seeking materials with CO2 compatibility at up …

Prediction of PbLi fluid flow and temperature field in a thermal convection loop for qualification of fusion materials

Y Jiang, S Smolentsev, J Jun, B Pint… - International journal of heat …, 2021 - Elsevier
Two modeling tools, a thermohydraulics code and a computational model in COMSOL
Multiphysics, have been developed, tested and then applied to the analysis of fluid flow and …