The Focus Topic “Materials and Innovations for Fusion Energy” will highlight the ongoing materials science and engineering challenges associated with bringing a functional fusion power plant online. Specifically, we invite abstracts related to surface and interface interactions in both plasma-facing materials and fueling subsystems, vacuum technologies, and processing of the intake and exhaust gases. We welcome both theory and experimental work to this session. Overall, we hope that this Focus Topic can bring together groups from industry, academia, and national labs to address current challenges facing the Fusion community.
FUS-TuA: Materials and Innovations for Fusion Energy (ALL-INVITED SESSION)
- Robert Kolasinski, Sandia National Laboratories, “Evaluating the Performance of Next Generation Plasma-Facing Materials”
- Florian Priester, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology – Tritium Laboratory, Germany, “Challenges in Tritium Surface Characterization: From Memory Effects to Fusion byproducts management”
FUS-WeM: Fusion Materials, Plasma-Facing Components, and Tritium Engineering
- Yuji Hatano, Tohoku University, Japan, “Development of Tungsten Alloys to Mitigate Impacts of Neutron Irradiation on Tritium Inventory”
- Masashi Shimada, Idaho National Laboratory, “Theoretical and Experimental Study of Hydrogen Super-Permeation in Iron”
FUS-WeA: Materials for Fusion Fuel Containment
- Eric Vogel, Georgia Institute of Technology, “MAX Phase Materials for Hydrogen Permeation Barriers”
FUS-ThP: Materials and Innovations for Fusion Energy Poster Session