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’Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house
No electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
All devices were plugged by the chimney with care
With the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
J. M. Barnes, R. T. Santoro, T. A. Gabriel
Nuclear Technology | Volume 40 | Number 3 | October 1978 | Pages 348-451
Technical Note | Material | doi.org/10.13182/NT78-A26733
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The atomic displacement and hydrogen and helium gas production rates in a 0.01-m-thick Type 316 stainless-steel first wall have been calculated as a function of the composition of a 0.5-m-thick fusion reactor blanket. The atomic displacement rates range from a low value of 8.4 dpa/yr for an empty blanket to a high value of 22.6 dpa/yr for a lead-filled blanket. Hydrogen gas production rates vary from 423 to 536 appm/yr, and the helium gas production rates vary from 134 to 159 appm/yr for the empty and carbon-filled blankets, respectively.
