Fusion neutron effects; Estimation using ion irradiation technique

Hamaguchi, Dai; Ando, Masami; Tanigawa, Hiroyasu; Kasada, Ryuta*; Nogami, Shuhei*; Abe, Hiroaki*; Hashimoto, Naoyuki*

Ion irradiation is one of a powerful method for irradiation tests because of their rapid damage production, the absence of induced radioactivity, controllable test conditions such as temperatures and doses, simultaneous introduction of damages and He gases, in order to estimate the fusion neutron irradiation effects on DEMO blanket structural materials. However, ion irradiation test is not suitable enough to acquire mechanical property degradation data since the damage layer tends to be very shallow from the surface. Despite this disadvantage, the method is still a powerful tool to understand the effects especially under high dose irradiations and also synergetic effects with He (and/or H) and damages in terms of microstructural changes. In this presentation, the recent effort on the establishment of methodologies to predict fusion neutron effects under Japanese ITER-BA activity will be reviewed, emphasizing on using the ion irradiation technique.