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Discovering, Making, and Testing New Materials: SRNL’s Center For Hierarchical Waste Form Materials
Savannah River National Laboratory researchers are building on the laboratory’s legacy of using cutting-edge science to effectively immobilize nuclear waste in innovative ways. As part of the Center for Hierarchical Waste Form Materials, SRNL is leveraging its depth of experience in radiological waste management to explore new frontiers in the industry.
T. Hayashi, N. Asakura, N. Ashikawa, T. Nakano
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 60 | Number 4 | November 2011 | Pages 1548-1551
Interaction with Materials | Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Tritium Science and Technology (Part 2) | doi.org/10.13182/FST11-A12728
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Areal mass densities of carbon dust collected in the baffle and divertor regions of JT-60U were investigated. On the plasma-facing surface, large areal density of 610 mg/m2 is found at the upper tile of the inner divertor, which is much larger than other areas due to the soft deposition. On the other hand, as for the plasma-shadowed area, largest areal density of 5,100 mg/m2 was found underneath the dome structure. The total dust weights at the plasma-facing surface and the shadowed areas were estimated to be 1.3 g and 22.2 g, respectively, assuming the toroidal symmetry. Count-based size distributions were also investigated. The average dust size of the main population is less than 20 m for both the plasma-facing surface and the shadowed area.
