Plasma-arc lamp high heat flux cycling exposure of neutron irradiated tungsten materials

L. M. Garrison; A. S. Sabau; B. Gregory; J. W. Geringer; Y. Katoh; Y. Hamaji; A. Hasegawa

doi:10.1088/1402-4896/ab47b1

Plasma-arc lamp high heat flux cycling exposure of neutron irradiated tungsten materials

L. M. Garrison, A. S. Sabau, B. Gregory, J. W. Geringer, Y. Katoh, Y. Hamaji, A. Hasegawa

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Thick plate, unalloyed W was neutron irradiated in the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) at 550 °C to a fast fluence of 1.24 × 1025 n m-2 E > 0.1 MeV (∼0.24 dpa). Unirradiated and irradiated specimens of the material were high heat flux (HHF) tested in the Plasma Arc Lamp (PAL) facility. The PAL uses a high-power photon source to provide a broad and even heat distribution on the sample surface. To simulate on/off cycling of normal operating plasma, the samples were exposed to approximately 800 cycles at 4.73 MW m-2 absorbed heat flux (incident heat fluxes of 10.95 MW m-2). After PAL exposure, slight changes were observed on the surfaces of the samples with SEM. The samples showed some annealing in the near surface polished region, but they were all below the damage threshold for cracking or other destructive features. The PAL has a large parameter space for future testing. The use of the HFIR and PAL to sequentially expose neutron irradiated samples to HHF will be a powerful tool for understanding materials behavior in a fusion-like environment.

Original language	English
Article number	014077
Journal	Physica Scripta
Volume	2020
Issue number	T171
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1402-4896/ab47b1
Publication status	Published - 2020 Jan 1
Externally published	Yes
Event	17th International Conference on Plasma-Facing Materials and Components for Fusion Applications, PFMC 2019 - Eindhoven, Netherlands Duration: 2019 May 20 → 2019 May 24

Keywords

fusion materials
high heat flux
neutron irradiation
plasma facing component
tungsten

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Mathematical Physics
Condensed Matter Physics
Physics and Astronomy(all)

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