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

M Mayer, S Möller, M Rubel, A Widdowson… - Nuclear …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Following the IAEA Technical Meeting on'Advanced Methodologies for the Analysis
of Materials in Energy Applications Using Ion Beam Accelerators', this paper reviews the …

Data on erosion and hydrogen fuel retention in Beryllium plasma-facing materials

G De Temmerman, K Heinola, D Borodin… - Nuclear Materials and …, 2021 - Elsevier
ITER will use beryllium as a plasma-facing material in the main chamber, covering a total
surface area of about 620 m 2. Given the importance of beryllium erosion and co-deposition …

Dust generation in tokamaks: Overview of beryllium and tungsten dust characterisation in JET with the ITER-like wall

M Rubel, A Widdowson, J Grzonka… - Fusion engineering and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Operation of the JET tokamak with beryllium and tungsten ITER-like wall provides unique
opportunity for detailed studies on dust generation: quantity, morphology, location, etc. The …

Overview of fuel inventory in JET with the ITER-like wall

A Widdowson, JP Coad, E Alves… - Nuclear …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Post mortem analyses of JET ITER-Like-Wall tiles and passive diagnostics have been
completed after each of the first two campaigns (ILW-1 and ILW-2). They show that the …

Evaluation of tritium retention in plasma facing components during JET tritium operations

A Widdowson, JP Coad, Y Zayachuk, I Jepu… - Physica …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
An assessment of the tritium (T) inventory in plasma facing components (PFC) during JET T
and deuterium-tritium (DT) operations is presented based on the most comprehensive ex …

[HTML][HTML] Analytical expressions for thermophysical properties of solid and liquid beryllium relevant for fusion applications

P Tolias - Nuclear Materials and Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The status of the literature is reviewed for thermophysical properties of pure polycrystalline
solid and liquid beryllium which constitute input for the modeling of intense plasma–surface …

Fuel inventory and material migration of JET main chamber plasma facing components compared over three operational periods

A Widdowson, S Aleiferis, E Alves, L Avotina… - Physica …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Fuel retention and material migration results from JET ITER-like wall beryllium limiter tiles
are presented for three operating periods. Ion beam analysis results support the general …

Fine metal dust particles on the wall probes from JET-ILW

E Fortuna-Zaleśna, J Grzonka, S Moon, M Rubel… - Physica …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Collection and ex situ studies of dust generated in controlled fusion devices during plasma
operation are regularly carried out after experimental campaigns. Herewith results of the …

Dust generation and accumulation in JET-ILW: morphology and stability of co-deposits on main plasma-facing components and wall probes

E Fortuna-Zaleśna, T Plociński, SW Moon… - Physica …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Dust particles and co-deposits were sampled for the first time from beryllium limiters and
bulk tungsten divertor (both after ILW-3), and test mirrors from the main chamber after ILW-2 …

Accelerator techniques and nuclear data needs for ion beam analysis of wall materials in controlled fusion devices

M Rubel, D Primetzhofer, P Petersson… - EPJ Techniques and …, 2023 - epjti.epj.org
A brief overview of ion beam analysis methods and procedures in studies of materials
exposed to fusion plasmas in controlled fusion devices with magnetic confinement is …