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 …

Recent progress in R&D on tungsten alloys for divertor structural and plasma facing materials

S Wurster, N Baluc, M Battabyal, T Crosby, J Du… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2013 - Elsevier
Tungsten materials are candidates for plasma-facing components for the International
Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor and the DEMOnstration power plant because of their …

Formation process of tungsten nanostructure by the exposure to helium plasma under fusion relevant plasma conditions

S Kajita, W Sakaguchi, N Ohno, N Yoshida… - Nuclear …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
Helium irradiation on tungsten changes the surface morphology dramatically by forming a
nanometre-sized fibreform structure which could bring about serious problems for fusion …

Research status and issues of tungsten plasma facing materials for ITER and beyond

Y Ueda, JW Coenen, G De Temmerman… - Fusion engineering and …, 2014 - Elsevier
This review summarizes surface morphology changes of tungsten caused by heat and
particle loadings from edge plasmas, and their effects on enhanced erosion and material …

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 …

Formation of helium induced nanostructure 'fuzz'on various tungsten grades

MJ Baldwin, RP Doerner - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2010 - Elsevier
The response of a variety of W material grades to nanostructure 'fuzz'formation is explored.
W targets are exposed to He or D2–0.2 He plasmas in PISCES-B at 900–1320K to below …

TEM observation of the growth process of helium nanobubbles on tungsten: Nanostructure formation mechanism

S Kajita, N Yoshida, R Yoshihara, N Ohno… - Journal of nuclear …, 2011 - Elsevier
In future fusion devices, helium irradiation to tungsten could lead to the formation of tungsten
nanostructure, which has both pros and cons as a plasma facing component. Although the …

Hydrogen in tungsten as plasma-facing material

J Roth, K Schmid - Physica Scripta, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Materials facing plasmas in fusion experiments and future reactors are loaded with high
fluxes (10 20–10 24 m− 2 s− 1) of H, D and T fuel particles at energies ranging from a few eV …

Dust in magnetic fusion devices

SI Krasheninnikov, RD Smirnov… - Plasma Physics and …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper reviews recent results of the study of dust in magnetic fusion devices.
Assessment of the role of dust in current fusion devices and ITER is presented. Dust …

Helium, hydrogen, and fuzz in plasma-facing materials

KD Hammond - Materials Research Express, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Tungsten, the primary material under consideration as the divertor material in magnetic-
confinement nuclear fusion reactors, has been known for the last decade to form'fuzz'—a …