Radiation damage of organic composite material for fusion magnet

✍ Scribed by S. Nishijima; T. Okada; T. Hirokawa; J. Yasuda; Y. Iwasaki

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 463 KB
• Volume: 31
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0011-2275
• DOI: 10.1016/0011-2275(91)90092-b

✦ Synopsis

Fusion superconducting magnets are 'series machines' in the sense that the complete magnet may decrease in overall performance when even one component does not deliver the expected performance. Such magnets are often operated under severe conditions, such as radiation environments and those materials which are most prone to damage under such radiation environments demand particular attention. The component most sensitive to radiation damage in the fusion magnet is the organic composite material used for insulation 1, usually glass fibre reinforced plastic (GFRP). Radiation resistant GFRPs have been developed 2-5 and these will be discussed in this work, together with other aspects of radiation damage of organic composite materials.