Citation
Gordillo Garcia, Nuria and Gonzalez Arrabal, Raquel and Rivera de Mena, Antonio and Fernández, I. and Briones Fernández-Pola, Fernando and Rio, David del and Gómez, C. and Pastor Caño, Jose Ignacio and Tejado Garrido, Elena María and Panizo Laíz, Miguel and Perlado Martín, José Manuel
(2012).
Nanostructured tungsten as a first wall material for the future nuclear fusion reactors.
In: "Nanostructured tungsten as a first wall material for the future nuclear fusion reactors", 10/09/2012 - 14/09/2012, Madrid, Spain. pp. 1-2.
Abstract
The lack of materials able to withstand the severe radiation conditions (high thermal loads and atomistic damage) expected in fusion reactors is the actual bottle neck for fusion to become a reality. The main requisite for plasma facing materials (PFM) is to have excellent structural stability since severe cracking or mass loss would hamper their protection role which turns out to be unacceptable. Additional practical requirements for plasma facing materials are among others: (i) high thermal shock resistance, (ii) high thermal conductivity (iii) high melting point (iv) low physical and chemical sputtering, and (v) low tritium retention.
