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Since the Department of Energy kicked off a 10-company race with its Nuclear Reactor Pilot Program to bring test reactors on line by July 4, 2026, the industry has been waiting for new headlines proclaiming progress. Aalo Atomics broke ahead of the pack first by announcing last week that it had broken ground on its 50-MWe Aalo-X at Idaho National Laboratory.
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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 41 | Number 3 | May 2002 | Pages 962-966
Material Interaction and Permeation | Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Tritium Science and Technology Tsukuba, Japan November 12-16, 2001 | doi.org/10.13182/FST02-A22728
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The desorption behavior of deuterium from molybdenum, Mo-0.001 mass %C, Mo-0.06-0.092 mass %B, tungsten and W-0.011 mass %C prepared with arc-melting in Ar-10%D2 was studied using a vacuum desorption method in the temperature range of 533–1152K. The diffusivity of deuterium measured for molybdenum was D=4.97x10−7 exp(−36.7kJ/mol/RT)m2s−1 and D=1.77x10−6 exp(−55.8kJ/mol/RT)m2s−1 for tungsten. The diffusivity of deuterium for both molybdenum and tungsten decreased with an addition of C and B. This decrease was considered due to the trap effect of carbide and boride. The trapping energy estimated was 54 kJ/mol for Mo-C and Mo-B and 82kJ/mol for W-C.
