Abstract
A triple beam ion irradiation facility has been developed to study the synergistic effects of displacement damage, helium and hydrogen atoms on microstructural changes of materials under irradiation environments simulating a fusion reactor. The system consists of a vacuum chamber and three beamlines, which are connected with each electrostatic accelerator. Samples can be irradiated in the wide temperature range from liquid nitrogen to 1273 K in the chamber by replacing two kinds of sample stages alternatively. An austenitic stainless steel was simultaneously irradiated with triple beam of nickel, helium and hydrogen ions at 573–673 K using this facility and TEM observations were carried out from a cross sectional view normal to the incident surface. It was shown that the number density of dislocation loops decreased in the region where hydrogen and helium were deposited in comparison with ones in the region where only displacement damage was induced to a similar damage level.
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