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Leading the charge: INL’s role in advancing HALEU production
Idaho National Laboratory is playing a key role in helping the U.S. Department of Energy meet near-term needs by recovering HALEU from federal inventories, providing critical support to help lay the foundation for a future commercial HALEU supply chain. INL also supports coordination of broader DOE efforts, from material recovery at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina to commercial enrichment initiatives.
Jeffrey N. Brooks
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 4 | Number 1 | July 1983 | Pages 33-45
Technical Paper | Plasma Engineering | doi.org/10.13182/FST83-A22772
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Erosion and redeposition of sputtered material from a limiter and divertor were analyzed using the REDEP computer code. Both low- and high-Z materials were examined for a wide range of plasma edge temperatures. Redeposition rates are high in most cases, and net erosion rates are predicted to be much smaller than the gross rates. The limiter front face and the entire divertor plate have similar erosion properties. The lifetime of both surfaces depends critically on the redeposition process; under certain conditions relatively long lifetimes may be obtainable.