Apparatus and method for simulating material damage from a fusion reactor

Patent · Fri May 20 00:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:6138837

Smith, D. L.; Greenwood, L. R.; Loomis, B. A.

This paper discusses 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)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• Assignee: Dept. of Energy
• Patent Number(s): PATENTS-US-A7196537
• Application Number: ON: DE89009757
• OSTI ID: 6138837
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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DAMAGE
FIRST WALL
INVENTIONS
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