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IAEA project aims to develop polymer irradiation model
The International Atomic Energy Agency has launched a new coordinated research project (CRP) aimed at creating a database of polymer-radiation interactions in the next five years with the long-term goal of using the database to enable machine learning–based predictive models.
Radiation-induced modifications are widely applicable across a range of fields including healthcare, agriculture, and environmental applications, and exposure to radiation is a major factor when considering materials used at nuclear power plants.
F. Franza, A. Ciampichetti, I. Ricapito, M. Zucchetti
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 64 | Number 3 | September 2013 | Pages 631-635
Test Blanket, Fuel Cycle, and Breeding | Proceedings of the Twentieth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE-2012) (Part 2) Nashville, Tennessee, August 27-31, 2012 | doi.org/10.13182/FST13-A19162
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Hydrogen dissolves in and permeates through most materials, thus it is important to understand the permeation, diffusion and dissolution phenomena of hydrogen and its isotopes in materials. We address the problem of tritium transport in Helium Cooled Lead-Lithium (HCLL) DEMO blanket from lead-lithium breeder through different heat transfer surfaces to the environment by developing a computational code (FUS-TPC). The main features of the code are briefly described and a parametric study is performed in order to identify the most influencing parameters in terms of tritium releases into the environment and of tritium inventories. The results showed that the results are strongly affected by the tritium Sievert's constant in Lead-Lithium and the efficiency of permeation barriers.