Mechanical properties of tungsten: Recent research on modified tungsten materials in Japan

S Nogami, A Hasegawa, M Fukuda, M Rieth… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2021 - Elsevier
There remain some drawbacks of mechanical properties of W materials as a plasma facing
material (PFM) for fusion reactor divertors, which are low temperature brittleness, high …

Baseline high heat flux and plasma facing materials for fusion

Y Ueda, K Schmid, M Balden, JW Coenen… - Nuclear …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
In fusion reactors, surfaces of plasma facing components (PFCs) are exposed to high heat
and particle flux. Tungsten and Copper alloys are primary candidates for plasma facing …

[HTML][HTML] Divertor of the European DEMO: Engineering and technologies for power exhaust

JH You, G Mazzone, E Visca, H Greuner… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In a power plant scale fusion reactor, a huge amount of thermal power produced by the
fusion reaction and external heating must be exhausted through the narrow area of the …

Development of advanced high heat flux and plasma-facing materials

C Linsmeier, M Rieth, J Aktaa, T Chikada… - Nuclear …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Plasma-facing materials and components in a fusion reactor are the interface between the
plasma and the material part. The operational conditions in this environment are probably …

[HTML][HTML] Use of tungsten material for the ITER divertor

T Hirai, S Panayotis, V Barabash, C Amzallag… - Nuclear Materials and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Since the ITER divertor design includes tungsten monoblocks in the vertical target where
heat loads are maximal, the design to protect leading edges as well as technology R&D for …

[HTML][HTML] Additive manufacturing of pure tungsten by means of selective laser beam melting with substrate preheating temperatures up to 1000∘ C

A Müller, G Schlick, R Neu, C Anstätt, T Klimkait… - Nuclear Materials and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The preferred plasma-facing material in present-day and future magnetic confinement
thermonuclear fusion devices is tungsten. This material is mainly chosen because of its high …

The influence of plasma-surface interaction on the performance of tungsten at the ITER divertor vertical targets

G De Temmerman, T Hirai, RA Pitts - Plasma Physics and …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The tungsten (W) material in the high heat flux regions of the ITER divertor will be exposed
to high fluxes of low-energy particles (eg H, D, T, He, Ne and/or N). Combined with long …

Physics conclusions in support of ITER W divertor monoblock sha**

RA Pitts, S Bardin, B Bazylev, MA Van Den Berg… - Nuclear Materials and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The key remaining physics design issue for the ITER tungsten (W) divertor is the question of
monoblock (MB) front surface sha** in the high heat flux target areas of the actively cooled …

Conceptual design study for heat exhaust management in the ARC fusion pilot plant

AQ Kuang, NM Cao, AJ Creely, CA Dennett… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The ARC pilot plant conceptual design study has been extended beyond its initial scope [BN
Sorbom et al., FED 100 (2015) 378] to explore options for managing∼ 525 MW of fusion …

DEMO divertor limitations during and in between ELMs

RP Wenninger, M Bernert, T Eich, E Fable… - Nuclear …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Operation of DEMO in comparison to ITER will be significantly more demanding, as various
additional limitations of physical and technical nature have to be respected. In particular a …