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Fusion energy: Progress, partnerships, and the path to deployment
Over the past decade, fusion energy has moved decisively from scientific aspiration toward a credible pathway to a new energy technology. Thanks to long-term federal support, we have significantly advanced our fundamental understanding of plasma physics—the behavior of the superheated gases at the heart of fusion devices. This knowledge will enable the creation and control of fusion fuel under conditions required for future power plants. Our progress is exemplified by breakthroughs at the National Ignition Facility and the Joint European Torus.
J. L. Maienschein, F. E. McMurphy, V. L. Duval
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 14 | Number 2 | September 1988 | Pages 701-706
Tritium Properties and Interactions with Material | Proceedings of the Third Topical Meeting on Tritium Technology in Fission, Fusion and Isotopic Applications (Toronto, Ontario, Canada, May 1-6, 1988) | doi.org/10.13182/FST88-A25216
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We report data on tritium permeation at 323 K and 373 K through annealed and single crystal copper for comparison with our earlier data on unannealed copper,1 and show that tritium transport along grain boundaries or other lattice defects controls the overall rate at 323 K in unannealed material. Measurements on unannealed and annealed gold foil also indicate the importance of defect transport, although with gold we could not reduce the defect concentration sufficiently to measure permeation through the metal lattice. We also include permeation data on aluminum, molybdenum, tungsten, beryllium, cadmium, iridium, lead, rhenium, and silver; all of these were probably dominated by tritium transport along lattice defects.