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Comparison of the structure of the plasma-facing surface and tritium accumulation in beryllium tiles from JET ILW campaigns 2011-2012 and 2013-2014

Pajuste, Elina
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Kizane, Gunta
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Igaune, Ieva
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May 1, 2019
Nuclear Materials and Energy

In this study, beryllium tiles from Joint European Torus (JET) vacuum vessel wall were analysed and compared regarding their position in the vacuum vessel and differences in the exploitation conditions during two campaigns of ITER-Like-Wall (ILW) in 2011-2012 (ILW1) and 2013-2014 (ILW2) Tritium content in beryllium samples were assessed. Two methods were used to measure tritium content in the samples - dissolution under controlled conditions and tritium thermal desorption. Prior to desorption and dissolution experiments, scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy were used to study structure and chemical composition of plasma-facing-surfaces of the beryllium samples. Experimental results revealed that tritium content in the samples is in range of 2.10(11)-2.10(13) tritium atoms per square centimetre of the surface area with its highest content in the samples from the outer wall of the vacuum vessel (up to 1.9.10(13) atoms/cm(2) in ILW1 campaign and 2.4.10(13) atoms/cm(2) in ILW2). The lowest content of tritium was found in the upper part of the vacuum vessel (2.0.10(12) atoms/cm(2) and 2.0.10(11) atoms/cm(2) in ILW1 and ILW2, respectively). Results obtained from scanning electron microscopy has shown that surface morphology is different within single tile, however if to compare two campaigns main tendencies remains similar.

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research article
DOI
10.1016/j.nme.2019.02.011
Web of Science ID

WOS:000470746100021

Author(s)
Pajuste, Elina
Kizane, Gunta
Igaune, Ieva
Avotina, Liga
Litaudon, X.
Abduallev, S.
Abhangi, M.
Abreu, P.
Afzal, M.
Aggarwal, K. M.
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Date Issued

2019-05-01

Publisher

Elsevier

Published in
Nuclear Materials and Energy
Volume

19

Start page

131

End page

136

Subjects

Nuclear Science & Technology

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Nuclear Science & Technology

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tritium

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beryllium

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iter-like wall

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joint european torus

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fuel retention

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iter-like-wall

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retention

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transport

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