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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.
Yumi Yaita1, Shigeru O'hira, Kenji Okuno
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 28 | Number 3 | October 1995 | Pages 1294-1298
Tritium Properties and Interaction with Material | Proceedings of the Fifth Topical Meeting on Tritium Technology In Fission, Fusion, and Isotopic Applications Belgirate, Italy May 28-June 3, 1995 | doi.org/10.13182/FST95-A30589
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Hydrogen retention property on isotropic graphite was studied by exposure with a high flux atomized D/T particles. From the analysis of thermal desorption spectra it is clarified that deuterium implanted to graphite existed in two different states, one was that in a trap site the other was that of C-D bond. The amount of deuterium retained in graphite was in proportion to a half power of total incident fluence and no saturation was observed up to 1026 atoms·m−2. The total hydrogen isotope retention in the sample exposed to atomized D/T particles with total incident fluence of 1025 – 1026 atoms·m−2 were in the range of 1 × 1022−4 × 1022 atoms·m−2.1Visiting researcher from Toshiba Co.