Ion beam analysis of fusion plasma-facing materials and components: Facilities and research challenges

Matej Mayer (1) , Sören Möeller (2) , Marek Rubel (3) , Anna Widdowson (4) , Sotirios Charisopoulos (5) , Tommy Ahlgren (6) , Eduardo Alves (7) , George Apostolopoulos (8) , Nuno Pessoa Barradas (5) , Stephen E. Donnelly (9) , Stjepko Fazinic (10) , Kalle Heinola (5) , O Kakuee (11) , Hicham Khodja (12) , Akihiko Kimura (13) , Anastasios Lagogiannis (14) , M. Li (15) , Sabina Markelj (16) , M Mudrinic (17) , Per Petersson (3) , I Portnykh (18) , Daniel Primetzhofer (19) , Patrick Reichart (20) , D. Ridikas (5) , Tiago Silva (21) , Sehila Maria Gonzalez de Vicente (5) , Yongqiang Wang (22)

1 IPP - Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik [Garching]
2 Institut. für Energieforschung
3 KTH - Royal Institute of Technology [Stockholm]
4 CCFE - Culham Centre for Fusion Energy
5 IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency [Vienna]
6 Helsingin yliopisto = Helsingfors universitet = University of Helsinki
7 Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa
8 INRASTES - Institute of Nuclear and Radiological Sciences and Technology, Energy and Safety
9 University of Huddersfield
10 Rudjer Boskovic Institute [Zagreb]
11 Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute
12 LEEL - UMR 3685 - Laboratoire d'Etudes des Eléments Légers
13 Institute of Advanced Energy
14 Tandem Accelerator Laboratory
15 ANL - Argonne National Laboratory [Lemont]
16 IJS - Jozef Stefan Institute [Ljubljana]
17 Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences
18 Joint Stock Company Institute of Nuclear Materials
19 Department of Physics and Astronomy [Uppsala]
20 Universität der Bundeswehr München [Neubiberg]
21 Sao Carlos Institute of Physics, University of Sao Paulo
22 LANL - Los Alamos National Laboratory

Following the IAEA Technical Meeting on “Advanced Methodologies for the Analysis of Materials in Energy Applications Using Ion Beam Accelerators”, this paper reviews the current status of ion beam analysis techniques and some aspects of ion-induced radiation damage in materials for the field of materials relevant to fusion. Available facilities, apparatus development and future research options and challenges are presented and discussed. The analysis of beryllium and radioactivity-containing samples from future experiments in JET or ITER represents not only an analytical but also a technical challenge. A comprehensive list of the facilities, their current status, and analytical capabilities comes alongside detailed descriptions of the labs. A discussion of future issues of sample handling and the current status of facilities at JET complete the technical section. To prepare the international ion beam analysis community for these challenges, the IAEA technical meeting concludes the necessity for determining new nuclear reaction cross-sections and improving the inter-laboratory comparability by defining international standards and testing these via a round-robin test.

Domains: Material chemistry

Matej Mayer, Sören Möeller, Marek Rubel, Anna Widdowson, Sotirios Charisopoulos, et al.. Ion beam analysis of fusion plasma-facing materials and components: Facilities and research challenges. Nuclear Fusion, 2019, 60, pp.025001. ⟨10.1088/1741-4326/ab5817⟩. ⟨cea-02372768⟩