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Playing the “bad guy” to enhance next-generation safety
Sometimes, cops and robbers is more than just a kid’s game. At the Department of Energy’s national laboratories, researchers are channeling their inner saboteurs to discover vulnerabilities in next-generation nuclear reactors, making sure that they’re as safe as possible before they’re even constructed.
S. Fukada, R. A. Anderl, R. J. Pawelko, G. R. Smolik, S. T. Schuetz, J. E. O'Brien, H. Nishimura, Y. Hatano, T. Terai, D. A. Petti, D.-K. Sze, S. Tanaka
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 44 | Number 2 | September 2003 | Pages 410-414
Technical Paper | Fusion Energy - Tritium and Safety and Environment | doi.org/10.13182/FST03-A369
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Experiment of D2 permeation through Ni facing with purified Flibe is being carried out under the Japan-US joint research project (JUPITER-II). The experiment is proceeding in the following phases; (i) fabrication and assembly of a dual-probe permeation apparatus, (ii) a single-probe Ni/D2 permeation experiment without Flibe, (iii) a dual-probe Ni/D2 permeation experiment without Flibe, (iv) Flibe chemical purification by HF/H2 gas bubbling, (v) physical purification by Flibe transport through a porous Ni filter, (vi) Ni/Flibe/D2 permeation experiment, and (vii) Ni/Flibe/HT permeation experiment. The present paper describes results of the single and dual Ni/D2 permeation experiments in detail.