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Nuclear supply chain innovation and collaboration: Keeping the nuclear supply chain viable through change
The next nuclear renaissance may be upon us, but with it comes a perfect storm. The industry is unprepared for a surge in demand for goods and services from both the existing light water fleet and the next generation of reactors. We are currently teetering on the edge of severe supply chain issues, but if the nuclear industry can understand the sources of our challenges, we can mitigate them.
I. Takagi, Y. Ueyama, T. Komura, M. Akiyoshi, T. Sasaki, K. Moritani, H. Moriyama
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 60 | Number 4 | November 2011 | Pages 1523-1526
Interaction with Materials | Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Tritium Science and Technology (Part 2) | doi.org/10.13182/FST11-A12722
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Type 304 stainless steel samples were irradiated with MeV-energy H and He ions and deuterium concentrations were in-situ observed by a nuclear reaction analysis (NRA) under a condition of continuous plasma exposure. It was found that one type of trap was produced by the irradiation and its trapping energy was 0.28 eV. The trap production rates to displacement were 6.8x10-3 for He ion and 5.1x10-4 for H ion, respectively. The trap was annihilated at 489 K in H-irradiated sample.