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Finding fusion’s place
Fusion energy is attracting significant interest from governments and private capital markets. The deployment of fusion energy on a timeline that will affect climate change and offer another tool for energy security will require support from stakeholders, regulators, and policymakers around the world. Without broad support, fusion may fail to reach its potential as a “game-changing” technology to make a meaningful difference in addressing the twin challenges of climate change and geopolitical energy security.
The process of developing the necessary policy and regulatory support is already underway around the world. Leaders in the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, China, and elsewhere are engaging with the key issues and will lead the way in setting the foundation for a global fusion industry.
Karla B. W. Hall, Gerald L. Kulcinski, John F. Santarius, Richard L. Bonomo
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 75 | Number 6 | August 2019 | Pages 520-525
Technical Paper | dx.doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2019.1612227
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Single crystal tungsten samples with (110) and (100) surface orientations were irradiated with 30 keV He+ at 900ºC to fluences of 3×1017 to 1×1019 He+/cm2 at normal incidence. The samples exhibited various microstructures and increasing sample mass loss as a function of increasing fluence for both cases. Pores observed on the sample surface at each fluence were ~45 nm in diameter merging into larger surface pores up to ~800 nm in length at the highest irradiation fluence of 1×1019 He+/cm2.
