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The American Nuclear Society is now accepting applications for knowledge managers to work during the 2024 Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo. This year’s UWC, “Nuclear Momentum: Advancing Our Clean Energy Future,” will be held August 4–7, 2024, at the JW Marriott Marco Island Beach Resort on Marco Island, Fla.=
Charles D. Croessmann, Neill B. Gilbertson, Robert D. Watson, John B. Whitley
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 15 | Number 1 | January 1989 | Pages 127-135
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A25335
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Sandia National Laboratories, Division of Fusion Technology, has performed a series of tests in support of the Compact Ignition Tokamak first-wall tile design. A screening study was done to rank the thermal shock resistance of 25 candidate graphite materials. Standardized thermal shock samples were subjected to identical intense heat pulses generated by the electron beam test system. Most of the fine-grained graphites cracked, but none of the carbon-carbon (C-C) composite samples fractured. The best performing fine-grained graphites were, in order, Union Carbide's TS-1909, TS-1792, ATJ-S, and CGW, as well as Fiber Material Inc.'s (FMI's) high-density graphite (HDG). One graphite, FMI-HDG, and four C-C materials, FMI high-density fiber-reinforced graphite, B. F. Goodrich two-directional, FMI four-directional fine weave, and FMI four-directional coarse weave, survived to the maximum obtainable power density without failure.