On the eve of component procurement, this paper discusses the present physics basis for
the first ITER tungsten (W) divertor, beginning with a reminder of the key elements defining …

In 1959 the Journal of Nuclear Materials (JNM) was founded and is now celebrating its
Diamond Anniversary year. The present paper is part of a series in which single JNM …

The interaction processes between the burning plasma and the first wall in a fusion reactor
are diverse: the first wall will be exposed to extreme thermal loads of up to several tens of …

The tungsten (W) material in the high heat flux regions of the ITER divertor will be exposed
to high fluxes of low-energy particles (eg H, D, T, He, Ne and/or N). Combined with long …

Tungsten is receiving increasing interest as a plasma facing material in the ITER fusion
reactor, collimators, and other structural, high temperature applications. Concurrently, there …

Calculations of dislocation-defect interactions are essential to model metallic strength, but
the required system sizes are at or beyond ab initio limits. Current estimates thus have …

For DEMO and beyond, liquid metal plasma-facing components are considered due to their
resilience to erosion through flowed replacement, potential for cooling beyond conduction …

Microcrack suppression is a challenging issue in additive manufacturing of tungsten heavy
alloys (WHAs) due to the high melting point and brittleness of tungsten (W). In this study, W …

When tungsten is processed by laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing, the
combination of high residual stresses and tungsten's inherent ductile-to-brittle transition …

We aimed to clarify the behavior of change in the grain structure and hardness of hot-rolled
pure W and its alloys plates developed for various properties by holding at high temperature …