An overview of the PIREX Proton Irradiation facility and its research program [electronic resource]
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| Format: | Government Document Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Los Alamos, N.M. : Oak Ridge, Tenn. :
Los Alamos National Laboratory ; distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy,
1995.
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| Abstract: | The main design characteristics of PIREX (Proton Irradiation Experiment) are described. The facility is installed in the 590 MeV proton beam of the PSI accelerator system. Its main task is the irradiation and testing of fusion reactor candidate materials. Protons of this energy produce simultaneously in the target material displacement damage and impurities, amongst them helium. They can therefore simulate possible synergistic effects between helium and damage that would result from irradiations with the fusion neutrons. The research program being developed includes studies on both materials of technological interest, such as martensitic stainless steels and Mo - based alloys and basic radiation damage research on pure metals. The facility is also being used for actinide transmutation studies, in the so called ATHENA experiment. The main directions of the research program are described and examples of present results are given. |
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| Item Description: | Published through SciTech Connect. 10/01/1995. "la-ur--95-1792" " conf-9407103--" "DE95014018" 346 ISSN 0094-243X. International conference on accelerator-driven transmutation technologies and applications, Las Vegas, NV (United States), 25 Jul - 1 Aug 1994. Victoria, M.; Gavillet, D. [Association EURATOM, Villigen (Switzerland)] |
| Physical Description: | pp. 890-901 : digital, PDF file. |