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Computational Approach to the Fusion Reactor Materials

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Computational Materials Design

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Materials Science ((SSMATERIALS,volume 34))

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Collision cascade processes using the binary collision approximation and molecular dynamics are introduced. The combination of these approaches makes it possible to simulate the generation of cascade by neutrons with a wide energy. Various models of the irradiation creep mechanism as a macroscopic phenomena of radiation damage were proposed and the simulation was supported by the experimental result. Based on the radiation deformation mechanism, radiation induced stress relaxation in a fusion reactor was predicted. Simulation calculation of neutron spectrum, displacement of atoms, transmutation, and induced activity for candidate structural materials were made. Transmutation of some elements like W and V are influenced by the neutron spectrum. Simulation methodology for selecting optimum materials from the viewpoints of nuclear properties is presented.

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  1. Advanced Nuclear Materials Group, National Research Institute for Metals, 1-2-1, Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan

    Tetsuji Noda & Johsei Nagakawa

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    Tetsuya Saito

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Noda, T., Nagakawa, J. (1999). Computational Approach to the Fusion Reactor Materials. In: Saito, T. (eds) Computational Materials Design. Springer Series in Materials Science, vol 34. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03923-6_6

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