Theoretical investigation on the point defect formation energies in beryllium and comparison with experiments

Beryllium will be used as a plasma-facing material for ITER and will retain radioactive tritium fuel under normal operating conditions; this poses a safety issue. Vacancies play one the key roles in the trapping of tritium. This paper presents a first-principles investigation dedicated to point defe...

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Main Authors: L. Ferry, F. Virot, M. Barrachin, Y. Ferro, C. Pardanaud, D. Matveev, M. Wensing, T. Dittmar, M. Koppen, C. Linsmeier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-08-01
Series:Nuclear Materials and Energy
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352179116301119