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In transition: Commercializing fusion power
Commercial fusion power is closer than ever. There are now around 30 U.S. fusion companies, several of which claim to be on track to connect to the grid as early as the 2030s.
Tokamak and laser inertial confinement approaches benefit from decades of research at facilities such as the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and ITER, with alternative concepts including stellarator, magnetic mirror, and Z-pinch confinement also making notable progress as private and government funding for fusion increases.
Y. Hirooka, J. Won, S. Keller, R. Boivin, M. Khandagle, J. N. Brooks
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 26 | Number 3 | November 1994 | Pages 540-545
Fusion Material and Plasma-Facing Component | Proceedings of the Eleventh Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy New Orleans, Louisiana June 19-23, 1994 | doi.org/10.13182/FST94-A40213
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Divertor materials erosion and lifetime is a critical issue in designing plasma-facing components (PFCs) for ITER. Currently, three materials are considered as candidates to be used for the divertor target plate, namely, beryllium, carbon and tungsten. In this paper, major issues associated with the use of these candidates are reviewed and relevant data obtained from recent PISCES experiments will be discussed with the main emphasis on the wall lifetime issue.
