Abstract

The first wall of a future magnetic fusion device is essentially defined as the plasma-facing surface of the breeding blankets, which is supposed to be subjected to bi-directional hydrogen isotopes permeation: in one direction by edge plasma-driven permeation (PDP) of deuterium as well as tritium into blankets, and in the other direction by breed tritium gas-driven permeation (GDP) into the edge plasma. Deuterium and tritium PDP will complicate the recovery of tritium from the blanket, while tritium GDP will lead to an unwanted increase of particle recycling in the first wall region, which could even affect core confinement performance. Reduced activation ferritic/martensitic (RAFM) steels are widely proposed as candidate structural materials for the blanket of a DEMO reactor, the surface coatings made of tungsten are necessary to protect the plasma-facing wall from sputtering under high-energy particle bombardment. Therefore, the characterization of hydrogen isotopes transport through a multi-layer W + RAFM wall is of crucial importance to evaluate major reactor design issues including tritium retention, particle recycling and breeding feasibility, etc. This paper is intended to provide a review over the transport parameters of hydrogen isotopes in RAFM steels, including permeability, diffusivity, solubility and surface recombination coefficient. In addition, the present research status of hydrogen isotopes permeation and retention behavior of tungsten coated RAFM steels is briefly introduced.

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