Apparatus and method for simulating material damage from a fusion reactor

Patent · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:875228

Smith, Dale L. ^[1]; Greenwood, Lawrence R. ^[2]; Loomis, Benny A. ^[1]

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1. Naperville, IL
2. River Forest, IL

An apparatus and method for simulating a fusion environment on a first wall or blanket structure. A material test specimen is contained in a capsule made of a material having a low hydrogen solubility and permeability. The capsule is partially filled with a lithium solution, such that the test specimen is encapsulated by the lithium. The capsule is irradiated by a fast fission neutron source.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): H000599
• Application Number: 07/196537
• OSTI ID: 875228
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: 1988 May 20
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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