Influence of surface condition on deuterium release from LiTiO pebble

Tsuchiya, Akihito*; Yamauchi, Yuji*; Nobuta, Yuji*; Hino, Tomoaki*; Akiba, Masato; Enoeda, Mikio

Lithium titanate (LiTiO) pebbles were irradiated with D3+ ions with energy of 5.0 keV, and the amounts of retained deuterium in the pebbles were measured by thermal desorption spectroscopy. Cycles of irradiation and heating were carried out repeatedly in order to investigate the influence of surface condition on deuterium release from LiTiO. The composition of Li decreased with the increase in the number of the irradiation and heating cycle. The desorption peaks of the gases contained deuterium atoms were shifted to higher temperature region. Total amount of desorbed deuterium showed the tendancy to increase. These results suggest that the tritium recovery efficiency would deteriorate with the increase in the damages and the defects especially at the lower temperature region during the use of blanket.