An overview of the PIREX Proton Irradiation facility and its research program

Conference · Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1995

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.49082· OSTI ID:106953

Victoria, M; Gavillet, D ^[1]

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1. Association EURATOM, Villigen (Switzerland)

The main design characteristics of PIREX (Proton Irradiation Experiment) are described. The facility is installed in the 590 MeV proton beam of the PSI accelerator system. Its main task is the irradiation and testing of fusion reactor candidate materials. Protons of this energy produce simultaneously in the target material displacement damage and impurities, amongst them helium. They can therefore simulate possible synergistic effects between helium and damage that would result from irradiations with the fusion neutrons. The research program being developed includes studies on both materials of technological interest, such as martensitic stainless steels and Mo - based alloys and basic radiation damage research on pure metals. The facility is also being used for actinide transmutation studies, in the so called ATHENA experiment. The main directions of the research program are described and examples of present results are given.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• OSTI ID: 106953
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-95-1792; CONF-9407103-; ON: DE95014018; TRN: 95:006680-0091
• Resource Relation: Journal Volume: 346; Conference: International conference on accelerator-driven transmutation technologies and applications, Las Vegas, NV (United States), 25 Jul - 1 Aug 1994; Other Information: PBD: [1995]; Related Information: Is Part Of AIP conference on accelerator driven transmutation technologies and applications, Las Vegas, Nevada, July 25-29, 1994; Schriber, S.O.; Arthur, E.; Rodriguez, A.A.; PB: 958 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
05 NUCLEAR FUELS
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION
STAINLESS STEELS
PHYSICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
MARTENSITIC STEELS
MOLYBDENUM BASE ALLOYS
ACTINIDES
TRANSMUTATION
ACCELERATORS
PROTON REACTIONS
MEV RANGE 100-1000
ATOMIC DISPLACEMENTS
HELIUM EMBRITTLEMENT
TEST FACILITIES
RESEARCH PROGRAMS