High-heat Flux Testing of Irradiated Materials for Fusion Energy

• A.S. Sabau, K. Tokunaga, S. Gorti,Y. Ueda, Y. Katoh, and L.L. Snead, Thermo-mechanical distortion of tungsten coated steel during high-heat flux testing using plasma-arc lamps, Fusion Science and Technology, Vol. 78, pp. 291-317, 2022.
• A.S. Sabau, J. Cook, A.M. Aaron, J.B. Tipton Jr., and A. Lumsdaine, Steady-state Mechanical Analysis for Target Assembly in the Material Plasma Exposure eXperiment Facility, Fusion Science and Technology, Vol. 77, pp. 594-607, 2021. publisher link
• L.M. Garrison, A.S. Sabau, B. Gregory, J.W. Geringer, Y. Katoh, Y. Hamaji and A. Hasegawa, Plasma-Arc Lamp High Heat Flux Cycling Exposure of Neutron Irradiated Tungsten Materials, Physica Scripta, 2019, 2020, T171, 014077.
• A.S. Sabau, K. Tokunaga, M.G. Littleton, J.O. Kiggans Jr., C.R. Schaich, R.B. Dinwiddie, D.T. Moore, Y. Ueda, and Y. Katoh, A 6 MW/m2 High Heat Flux Testing Facility of Irradiated Materials Using Infrared Plasma-Arc Lamps, Fusion Science and Technology, 2019, Vol. 75(7), pp. 690-701, publisher link.
• Ibano K., Sabau A.S. , Tokunaga K., M. Akiyoshi, J.O. Kiggans, C.R. Schaich, Y. Katoh, and Y. Ueda, Surface morphology of Tungsten-F82H after High-Heat Flux Testing using Plasma-Arc Lamps, Nuclear Materials and Energy , 2018, Vol. 16, pp. 128-132.
• Katoh Y., Clark D., Ueda Y., Hatano Y., Yoda M., Sabau A.S., Yokomine T., Garrison L.M., Geringer J.W., Hasegawa A., Hinoki T., Shimada M., Buchenauer D., Oya Y., and Muroga T. Progress in the U.S./Japan PHENIX Project for the Technological Assessment of Plasma Facing Components for DEMO Reactors, Fusion Science and Technology, Vol. 72, pp. 222-232, 2017.
• Y. Hatano, Y. Ueda, D. Clark, T. Yokomine, A.S. Sabau, M. Yoda, T. Hinoki, A. Hasegawa, Y. Katoh, L. Garrison, Y. Oya, M. Shimada, D. Buchenauer, M. Fukuda, T. Tanaka, T. Muroga, Japan-US Joint Research Project PHENIX (2013–2018); Heat Transfer Tests, Neutron Irradiation and Post-Irradiation Examinations for Development of He-Cooled Tungsten Divertor, 26th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference - IAEA CN-234, Kyoto, Japan, October 17-22, 2016.
• Charry C.H., Abdel-Khalik S.I., Yoda M., Sabau A.S., and Snead L.L., Evaluation of Cooling Conditions for a High Heat Flux Testing Facility based on Plasma-Arc Lamps, {\bf Fusion Science and Technology, Vol. 68, pp. 694-699, 2015.
• Sabau A.S., Ohriner E.K., Kiggans J.O., Schaich C.R., Ueda Y., Harper D.C., Katoh Y., and Snead L.L., High-Heat Flux Testing of Irradiated Tungsten based Materials for Fusion Applications using Infrared Plasma Arc Lamps, Fusion Science and Technology, Vol. 66, pp. 394-404, 2014.
• Sabau A.S., Ohriner E.K., Kiggans J.O., Harper D.C., Snead L.L., and Schaich C.R., Facility for high heat flux testing of irradiated fusion materials and components using infrared plasma arc lamps, Physica Scripta, T159, 014007 (4pp), publisher link, 2014.

  High-heat Flux Testing of Irradiated Materials for Fusion Energy - presentations

• Sabau A.S., Ohriner E.K., Byun, T.S., Katoh, Y., Kiggans J.O, Ueda, Y., Snead L.L., and Harper D.C., High-Heat Flux Testing of Irradiated W-based Materials for Fusion Applications using Infrared Plasma Arc Lamps, presentation at the 16-th International Conference on Fusion Reactor Materials - ICFRM16, Beijing, China, Oct. 20-26, 2013.
• Sabau A.S., Ohriner E.K., Kiggans J.O., Harper D.C., and Snead L.L., Facility for high heat flux testing of irradiated fusion materials and components using infrared plasma arc lamps, (poster), 14th International Conference on Plasma-Facing Materials and Components for Fusion Applications, 14-17 May, 2013, Julich, Germany.
• G. Romanoski, L. Snead, J. Kelly, and A.S. Sabau, Infrared Thermal Fatigue Test for IFE First Wall Materials, Twelfth International Conference on Fusion Reactor Materials, ICFRM-12 (poster).

  Materials Development for Fusion Applications - Presentations without conference proceedings

• G. Romanoski, L. Snead, J. Kelly, and A.S. Sabau, S.J. Zinkle, Bonding Tungsten to Low Activation Ferritic Steel, HAPL Workshop, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, June 20-21, 2005 (presentation).

Nuclear Fuel Fabrication

• Sabau, A.S. and Ohriner, E.K., Comments on americium volatilization during fuel fabrication for fast reactors, Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2008, Vol. 376, pp. 251-253.