In late 1970s and during 1980s, scientific research on the development of voids and inert gas bubbles in solids – often caused by activation and transmutation of some elements within the context of nuclear materials – was intense and most of the consolidated knowledge on this field is due professors Tom van Den, John H. … Continue reading Three generations of nuclear materials research!
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Inert gas bubbles and voids: a posed challenge for the future of nuclear fusion
Future controlled thermonuclear reactors (CTR) will produce large quantities of He gas. The nuclear fusion reaction between deuterium (D) and tritium (T) nuclei predicts the generation of a highly-energetic He atom (3.5 MeV) and an additional neutron with around of 14 MeV. Compared to current existing nuclear fission reactors, CTRs will be very aggressive environments for … Continue reading Inert gas bubbles and voids: a posed challenge for the future of nuclear fusion

