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Argonne to investigate Pu chemistry to aid Hanford cleanup
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory are investigating the details of plutonium chemistry with the goal of aiding the cleanup of the Hanford Site in Washington state. For more than 40 years, reactors located at Hanford produced plutonium for America’s defense program, resulting in millions of gallons of liquid radioactive and chemical waste.
Robert D. Watson, Kevin T. Slattery, Ben C. Odegard, Jr., Chuck H. Cadden, Tim N. McKechnie, Scott O'Dell, Lev Tuchinskiy, Raouf Loutfy, Eugene Dyadko, Suri Sastri, Nilesh Gundaa, Prashant Karandikar
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 34 | Number 3 | November 1998 | Pages 443-453
Plasma Facing Components Technology | doi.org/10.13182/FST98-A11963653
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During the ITER EDA (Engineering Design Activity), the US Home Team developed improved methods for fabricating tungsten armored plasma facing components. Thermo-mechanical modeling indicated the desirability of using “brush-like” structures (clusters of small filaments or rods) as a means of reducing thermal stresses. The commercial availability of tungsten welding electrode rods (1.6 mm and 3.2 mm diameter) significantly reduced the raw material costs. Three approaches were developed: (1) Cu is plasma sprayed to the W brushes followed by diffusion bonding or e-beam welding the copper backing to the CuCrZr heat sink, (2) Molten Cu is cast directly on the tips of the W brushes followed by the diffusion bonding step, and (3) W rods are sputter-coated with a bonding aid and are directly bonded to the CuCrZr heat sink using HIP or vacuum hot pressing. High heat flux testing was performed up to 18 MW/m2 without damage to two small-scale divertor mockups.