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Hydrogen isotope retention in beryllium for tokamak plasma-facing applications

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In this article, the authors review experimental data regarding hydrogenic atom inventories in experiments pertinent to tokamak applications and show that with some very plausible assumptions, the experimental data appear to exhibit rather predictable trends.
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This article is published in Journal of Nuclear Materials.The article was published on 1999-06-01. It has received 99 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Beryllium & Joint European Torus.

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Plasma{material interactions in current tokamaks and their implications for next step fusion reactors

TL;DR: In this article, the authors review the underlying physical processes and the existing experimental database of plasma-material interactions both in tokamaks and laboratory simulation facilities for conditions of direct relevance to next-step fusion reactors.
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Hydrogen isotope retention and recycling in fusion reactor plasma-facing components

TL;DR: An overview of the available data on hydrogen isotope retention and recycling for beryllium, tungsten, carbon, and selected liquid metals can be found in this paper, where recommendations are made as to the most appropriate values to use for parameters such as diffusivity, solubility, recombination rate coefficient, and trapping.
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Tritium inventory in ITER plasma-facing materials and tritium removal procedures

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an integrated operational scheme to slow the rate of tritium accumulation, which includes plasma operation as well as conditioning procedures, based on the main results from present fusion devices in this field.
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Applications of Ion Beams to Metals

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of ion explosion on thin film Oxidation behavior of Zircaloy-4 and Zr-1.0 Nb have been investigated using a backscattering method.
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A calculation of the surface recombination rate constant for hydrogen isotopes on metals

TL;DR: The surface recombination rate for hydrogen isotopes on a metal has been calculated using a simple model whose parameters may be determined by direct experimental measurements as discussed by the authors, using the experimental values for hydrogen diffusivity, solubility, and sticking coefficient at zero surface coverage.
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In-vessel tritium retention and removal in ITER

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the results of current predictions both in terms of implantation and codeposition rates, and critically discuss their uncertainties and sensitivity to important design and operation parameters such as the plasma edge conditions, the surface temperature, the presence of mixed-materials, etc.
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Ion-beam studies of hydrogen-metal interactions

TL;DR: Theoretical studies coupled with ion implantation and ion-beam analysis have provided a large body of new quantitative information on hydrogen interactions within metal matrices and at metal surfaces as discussed by the authors.
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Deuterium permeation and diffusion in high-purity beryllium

TL;DR: In this article, the gas-driven permeation technique was used to measure the deuterium permeation rate through high-purity beryllium membranes, and the effective diffusivities of the samples were determined.
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