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DOE awards $134M for fusion research and development
The Department of Energy announced on Wednesday that it has awarded $134 million in funding for two programs designed to secure U.S. leadership in emerging fusion technologies and innovation. The funding was awarded through the DOE’s Fusion Energy Sciences (FES) program in the Office of Science and will support the next round of Fusion Innovation Research Engine (FIRE) collaboratives and the Innovation Network for Fusion Energy (INFUSE) awards.
Gaku Yamazaki, Yuta Suzuki, Takuya Goto, Takuya Nagasaka, Daisuke Nagata, Jingjie Shen, Kazuki Saito, Takashi Watanabe
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 77 | Number 7 | November 2021 | Pages 766-772
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2021.1921462
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In order to establish a molten salt blanket, the microscopic corrosion of JLF-1 steel (Fe-9Cr-2W) was investigated by comparing with its alloying elements (pure Fe, Cr, and W) and pure Ni. Impedance measurements in LiF-NaF-KF at 500°C and scanning electron microscope and transmission electron microscope observations were performed. The charge transfer resistance of JLF-1 steel was similar to that of pure Fe, three times higher than that of pure Cr, and ten times lower than that of pure W and Ni. The concentration of W in JLF-1 steel was higher near the surface than at the bulk, which also indicated the higher corrosion resistance of W than Fe and Cr. For corrosion resistance of JLF-1 steel, the degradation by 9 mass % Cr was more effective than the improvement by 2 mass % W. The dominant corrosion was the intergranular corrosion at lath boundaries, leading to lath dropout for JLF-1 steel, the intergranular corrosion along grain boundaries for pure Fe, pitting corrosion for pure Cr, and entire surface corrosion for pure W and Ni.