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Taking shape: Fusion energy ecosystems built with public-private partnerships
It’s possible to describe fusion in simple terms: heat and squeeze small atoms to get abundant clean energy. But there’s nothing simple about getting fusion ready for the grid.
Private developers, national lab and university researchers, suppliers, and end users working toward that goal are developing a range of complex technologies to reach fusion temperatures and pressures, confounded by science and technology gaps linked to plasma behavior; materials, diagnostics, and electronics for extreme environments; fuel cycle sustainability; and economics.
Juro Yagi, Akihiro Suzuki, Takayuki Terai, Kazuyuki Nakamura, Hiroo Kondo, Mizuho Ida, Takuji Kanemura, Tomohiro Furukawa, Yasushi Hirakawa
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 62 | Number 1 | July-August 2012 | Pages 204-209
Blanket Materials Technology | Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Fusion Reactor Materials, Part A: Fusion Technology | doi.org/10.13182/FST12-A14136
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Titanium plates coated by iron were fabricated electrochemically as a candidate hydrogen isotope permeation window for liquid lithium. Contacting the window to liquid lithium containing deuterium between 673 and 873 K, its permeation behavior and resistance to degradation were investigated. The iron-coated window showed less permeability than the bare titanium window as well as good agreement with the theoretical value. Furthermore, the iron layer at the vacuum side surface strongly improved oxidation resistance. Decrease of permeability for 2 hours air exposure could be recovered within 30 hours in the case of the coated window, while that of the bare titanium window could not. The coated permeation window is promising regarding high permeability and antidegradation properties.