Development of an Extreme Environment Materials Research Facility at Princeton
Authors: A. B. Cohen, C.A. Gentile, C.G. Tully, R. Austin, F. Calaprice, K. McDonald, G. Ascione, G. Baker, R. Davidson, L. Dudek, L. Grisham, H. Kugel, K. Pagdon, T. Stevenson, R. Woolley, A. Zwicker
Abstract:
The fundamental understanding of material response to a neutron and/or high heat flux environment can yield
development of improved materials and operations with existing materials. A concept has been advanced to develop a
facility for testing various materials under extreme heat and neutron exposure conditions at Princeton. The Extreme
Environment Materials Research Facility comprises an environmentally controlled chamber (48 m^3) capable of high
vacuum conditions, with extreme flux beams and probe beams accessing a central, large volume target. The facility will
have the capability to expose large surface areas (1 m^2) to 14 MeV neutrons at a fluence in excess of 10^13 n/s. Depending
on the operating mode. Additionally (deuterium) beam line power of 15-75 MW/m2 for durations of 1-15 seconds is
planned. The facility will be housed in an existing test cell that previously held the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR).
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Submitted to: TOFE Conference , Las Vegas, NV (Nov. 8-11, 2010
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