NEUTRON-IRRADIATION EXPERIMENTS FOR FUSION-REACTOR MATERIALS THROUGH JUPITER PROGRAM

Citation
K. Abe et al., NEUTRON-IRRADIATION EXPERIMENTS FOR FUSION-REACTOR MATERIALS THROUGH JUPITER PROGRAM, Journal of nuclear materials, 263, 1998, pp. 2075-2078
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Mining & Mineral Processing","Material Science
ISSN journal
00223115
Volume
263
Year of publication
1998
Part
B
Pages
2075 - 2078
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3115(1998)263:<2075:NEFFMT>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
A Japan-USA Program of irradiation experiments for fusion research, '' JUPITER'', has been established as a 6 year program from 1995 to 2000. The goal is to study ''the dynamic behavior of fusion reactor materia ls and their response to variable and complex irradiation environment' '. This is phase-three of the collaborative program, which follows RTN S-II Program (Phase-1: 1982-1986) and FFTF/MOTA Program (Phase-2: 1987 -1994). This program is to provide a scientific basis for application of materials performance data, generated by fission reactor experiment s, to anticipated fusion environments. Following the systematic study on cumulative irradiation effects, done through FFTF/MOTA Program, JUP ITER is emphasizing the importance of dynamic irradiation effects on m aterials performance in fusion systems. The irradiation experiments in this program include low activation structural materials, functional ceramics and other innovative materials. The experimental data are ana lyzed by theoretical modeling and computer simulation to integrate the above effects. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.