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Playing the “bad guy” to enhance next-generation safety
Sometimes, cops and robbers is more than just a kid’s game. At the Department of Energy’s national laboratories, researchers are channeling their inner saboteurs to discover vulnerabilities in next-generation nuclear reactors, making sure that they’re as safe as possible before they’re even constructed.
Aliya O. Sadvakassova, Irina L. Tazhibayeva, Ergasy A. Kenzhin, Zhanna A. Zaurbekova, Timur V. Kulsartov, Yuri N. Gordiyenko, Yevgeni V. Chikhray
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 60 | Number 1 | July 2011 | Pages 9-15
doi.org/10.13182/FST11-A12398
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The main goal of the carried out investigations was to examine behaviour of hydrogen isotopes (and evaluation of interaction parameters such as coefficients of diffusion, permeation and solubility) in materials of first wall and divertor of fusion facility in conditions approximate to its real working i.e. under simultaneous impact of hydrogen isotopes, high temperatures and reactor radiation.
