Journal
JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS
Volume 533, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2020.152122
Keywords
Hydrogen isotope; Helium; Irradiation damages; Simulation; Tungsten; Fusion
Funding
- Joint Usage/Research Program on Zero-Emission Energy Research, Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University [ZE31A-30]
- National Institue for Fusion Science-University of Toyama Bilateral Collaboration Project [NIFS19KUHR054]
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In this study, energetic helium (He) ion irradiation was performed to obtain bulk He distribution in tungsten (W) materials, concurrent with damage introduction at high temperature. Then, deuterium (D) implantation and thermal desorption spectrometry were performed to evaluate D retention. At the same time, the surface tritium (T) concentration and depth distribution were evaluated by imaging plate (IP) and b-ray induced X-ray spectroscopy (BIXS) measurements after mixed D-T gas exposure. Numerical simulations were applied to evaluate changes in binding energies, diffusion depths, and trapping sites under different irradiation conditions. The results showed that weak trapping sites with higher concentration, such as vacancies, were produced during only energetic He+ irradiation events, leading to enhancement of D retention. Fe3+-He+ simultaneous irradiation promoted the formation of HexVy complexes, which reduced the concentration of vacancy trapping sites and changed the stress field around defects, leading to the suppression of D trapping behavior. From the reduced effects of D retention caused by HexVy complexes at higher temperatures, the results suggested that defect recovery was the dominant mechanism. With increasing damage level at higher temperatures, more weak trapping sites, such as dislocations and vacancies sites, were produced, leading to a more dominant influence on D retention than HexVy complex effects. It was also found that HexVy complexes prevented D diffusion to the bulk and that simulation results showed that the damage level had little impact on D diffusion depth. (c) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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