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Title: Ion beam analysis of fusion plasma-facing materials and components: facilities and research challenges

Journal Article · · Nuclear Fusion
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  1. Max Planck Society, Garching (Germany)
  2. Forschungszentrum Juelich (Germany). Inst. fur Energie- und Klimaforschung (IEK)
  3. KTH Royal Inst. of Technology, Stockholm (Sweden)
  4. Culham Science Centre, Abingdon (United Kingdom). Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE), EURATOM/UKAEA Fusion Association
  5. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna (Austria)
  6. Univ. of Helsinki (Finland)
  7. Univ. of Lisbon (Portugal). Inst. of Superior Tecnico (IST)
  8. National Centre of Scientific Research (NCSR) "Demokritos", Athens (Greece)
  9. Univ. of Huddersfield (United Kingdom). Ion Beam Centre
  10. Ruđer Bošković Inst., Zagreb (Croatia)
  11. Nuclear Science and Technology Research Inst., Tehran (Iran)
  12. Univ. Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
  13. Kyoto Univ. (Japan)
  14. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  15. Jozef Stefan Inst. (IJS), Ljubljana (Slovenia)
  16. Vinca Inst. of Nuclear Sciences, Belgrade (Serbia)
  17. Joint Stock Company Inst. of Nuclear Materials (Russia)
  18. Uppsala Univ. (Sweden)
  19. Bundeswehr Univ. Munich (Germany)
  20. Univ. of Sao Paulo (Brazil)
  21. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Following the IAEA Technical Meeting on 'Advanced Methodologies for the Analysis of Materials in Energy Applications Using Ion Beam Accelerators', our work reviews the current status of ion beam analysis (IBA) techniques and some aspects of ion-induced radiation damage in materials for the field of materials relevant to fusion. Available facilities, apparatus development, future research options and challenges are presented and discussed. The analysis of beryllium and radioactivity-containing samples from future experiments in JET or ITER represents not only an analytical but also a technical challenge. A comprehensive list of the facilities, their current status, and analytical capabilities comes alongside detailed descriptions of the labs. A discussion of future issues of sample handling and the current status of facilities at JET complete the technical section. To prepare the international IBA community for these challenges, the IAEA technical meeting finalizes the necessity for determining new nuclear reaction cross-sections and improving the inter-laboratory comparability by defining international standards and testing these via a round-robin test.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1591609
Journal Information:
Nuclear Fusion, Vol. 60, Issue 2; ISSN 0029-5515
Publisher:
IOP ScienceCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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