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Along with several other nations, Canada has committed to net-zero emissions by 2050. Part of this plan is tripling nuclear generating capacity. As of 2025, the country has four operating nuclear generating stations with a total of 17 reactors, 16 of which are in the province of Ontario. The Independent Electricity System Operator has recommended that an additional 17,800 MWe of nuclear power be added to Ontario’s grid.
S. I. Radwan, S. Abdel Samad, H. El-Khabeary
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 76 | Number 6 | August 2020 | Pages 710-722
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2020.1777669
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Fusion reactors will require specially engineered structural materials that will simultaneously satisfy the harsh conditions, such as high thermomechanical stresses, high heat loads, and severe radiation damage, without compromising on safety considerations. The simulation of 14.7-MeV protons and 3.6-MeV α-particles irradiation processing using different fusion structural materials, such as graphite, titanium, zirconium, molybdenum, tantalum, and tungsten, was studied. The open-source three-dimensional computer simulation code SRIM (2013 version) was used to determine the protons and α-particles penetrability into the target material as well as the range dependence of the protons and α-particles energies. The protons and α-particles distribution range and their trajectories in the target materials were determined. The effect of the target materials’ atomic mass on the 14.7-MeV protons and 3.6-MeV α-particles penetration range was determined. Also, the phonons and ionization of the target materials induced by these irradiated particles were studied.