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Siting of Canadian repository gets support of tribal nation
Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) announced that Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation has indicated its willingness to support moving forward to the next phase of the site selection process to host a deep geological repository for Canada’s spent nuclear fuel.
S. D. Fedorovich, Yu. V. Martynenko, V. P. Budaev, D. I. Kavyrshin, A. V. Karpov, Quang Vinh Tran, M. V. Lukashevsky, M. Yu. Nagel, K. A. Rogozin, A. A. Konkov
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 80 | Number 7 | October 2024 | Pages 833-842
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2024.2339555
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Tungsten and stainless steel samples were irradiated with stationary helium plasma in the plasma linear multicusp plasma device. The surface of the material is modified under the influence of helium plasma with the formation of nanostructures and microstructures on the surface. The fluence of helium ions equal to 8 × 1027 ions/m2 was achieved on the tungsten sample. Depending on the helium ion fluence, fuzzlike layers, loops, and bubbles of 20- to 500-nm scale were formed on the tungsten surface. The fuzz layer thickness depends on the duration of plasma irradiation in a wide range of fluence. Saturation of the growth of the thickness of the tungsten fuzz layer was observed at a fluence of more than 8 × 1026 ions/m2. The growth of microstructures and nanostructures on the surface of stainless steel irradiated with helium plasma was observed. The growth of nanostructured layers is explained by a theoretical model considering the dynamics of adatoms under the influence of plasma.