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PR: American Nuclear Society welcomes Senate confirmation of Ted Garrish as the DOE’s nuclear energy secretary
Washington, D.C. — The American Nuclear Society (ANS) applauds the U.S. Senate's confirmation of Theodore “Ted” Garrish as Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
“On behalf of over 11,000 professionals in the fields of nuclear science and technology, the American Nuclear Society congratulates Mr. Garrish on being confirmed by the Senate to once again lead the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy,” said ANS President H.M. "Hash" Hashemian.
Ross Radel, Gerald Kulcinski
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 52 | Number 3 | October 2007 | Pages 544-548
Technical Paper | The Technology of Fusion Energy - High Heat Flux Components | doi.org/10.13182/FST07-A1545
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The durability and lifetime of thin tungsten or refractory metal coatings on the first walls of inertial and magnetic confinement fusion reactors is a key issue for the feasibility of such devices. Past studies at UW-Madison have indicated that tungsten, when subjected to He+ fluences in excess of 4 × 1017 He+/cm2, shows extensive pore formation at 800 °C. The current study attempts to produce more realistic results by simultaneously irradiating tungsten samples with helium and hydrogen species and by investigating the effects of pulsed helium ion irradiation on tungsten.