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# Fusion Energy

Nuclear fusion research and engineering. Covers tokamak and stellarator designs, inertial confinement, laser fusion, and the path to commercial fusion power.

**Discipline:** Physics / Energy  
**Indexed Papers:** 15  
**Last Updated:** 2026-09-08

## Top Publications

Ranked by citation impact across Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex & arXiv.

### Radiation Resistant Camera System for Monitoring Deuterium Plasma Discharges in the Large Helical Device

- **Authors:** M. Shoji, LHD Experiment Group
- **Journal:** Plasma and Fusion Research
- **Published:** 2020-06-08
- **DOI:** [10.1585/pfr.15.2402039](https://doi.org/10.1585/pfr.15.2402039)
- **Citations:** 801,217
- **Source:** OpenAlex
- **Access:** Open Access
- **PDF:** [Download](https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/pfr/15/0/15_2402039/_pdf)
- **llms.txt:** [View](https://science-database.com/technology/fusion-energy/paper/oa-W3038568908/llms.txt)

> Radiation resistant camera system was constructed for monitoring deuterium plasma discharges in the Large Helical Device (LHD). This system has contributed to safe operation during two experimental campaigns without serious problems due to radiation (neutrons and gamma-rays). The cameras steadily functioned even in the plasma discharge with the maximum neutron emission rate in FY 2017, though some...

### Theoretical nuclear physics

- **Authors:** W. F. G. Swann
- **Journal:** Journal of the Franklin Institute
- **Published:** 1953-11-01
- **DOI:** [10.1016/0016-0032(53)91142-9](https://doi.org/10.1016/0016-0032(53)91142-9)
- **Citations:** 2,874
- **Source:** OpenAlex
- **Access:** Open Access
- **PDF:** [Download](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0016003253911429)
- **llms.txt:** [View](https://science-database.com/technology/fusion-energy/paper/oa-W2318683899/llms.txt)

### Materials challenges in nuclear energy

- **Authors:** S.J. Zinkle, Gary S. Was
- **Journal:** Acta Materialia
- **Published:** 2013-01-18
- **DOI:** [10.1016/j.actamat.2012.11.004](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2012.11.004)
- **Citations:** 2,633
- **Source:** OpenAlex
- **llms.txt:** [View](https://science-database.com/technology/fusion-energy/paper/oa-W2072024713/llms.txt)

### ENDF/B-VII.0: Next Generation Evaluated Nuclear Data Library for Nuclear Science and Technology

- **Authors:** M. B. Chadwick, P. Obložinský, M. Herman, N.M. Greene, R.D. McKnight, Dale Smith, P.G. Young, R.E. MacFarlane, G. M. Hale, S.C. Frankle, A.C. Kahler, Toshihiko Kawano, Robert Little, D.G. Madland, P. Möller, R.D. Mosteller, Philip R. Page, P. Talou, Holly Trellue, Morgan White, W.B. Wilson, R. Arcilla, C.L. Dunford, S.F. Mughabghab, B. Pritychenko, D. Rochman, A. A. Sonzogni, C.R. Lubitz, Timothy Trumbull, J.P. Weinman, David Brown, D. M. Cullen, David Heinrichs, D. P. McNabb, H. Derrien, Michael E Dunn, N. M. Larson, L.C. Leal, A.D. Carlson, R.C. Block, J. Blair Briggs, E.T. Cheng, H.C. Huria, Michael Zerkle, K. S. Kozier, A. Courcelle, V.G. Pronyaev, S.C. van der Marck
- **Journal:** Nuclear Data Sheets
- **Published:** 2006-12-01
- **DOI:** [10.1016/j.nds.2006.11.001](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nds.2006.11.001)
- **Citations:** 2,222
- **Source:** OpenAlex
- **Access:** Open Access
- **PDF:** [Download](https://www.osti.gov/biblio/900147)
- **llms.txt:** [View](https://science-database.com/technology/fusion-energy/paper/oa-W1972369664/llms.txt)

### Plasma-material interactions in current tokamaks and their implications for next step fusion reactors

- **Authors:** G. Federici, C.H. Skinner, J.N. Brooks, J.P. Coad, C. Grisolia, A.A. Haasz, A. Hassanein, V. Philipps, C.S. Pitcher, J. Roth, W.R. Wampler, D.G. Whyte
- **Journal:** Nuclear Fusion
- **Published:** 2001-12-01
- **DOI:** [10.1088/0029-5515/41/12/218](https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/41/12/218)
- **Citations:** 1,369
- **Source:** OpenAlex
- **Access:** Open Access
- **PDF:** [Download](https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0029-5515/41/12/218/pdf)
- **llms.txt:** [View](https://science-database.com/technology/fusion-energy/paper/oa-W2098917946/llms.txt)

> View the article online for updates and enhancements.You may also like Plasma-wall interaction, a key issue on the way to a steady state burning fusion device V Philipps - Latest results of Eurofusion plasma-facing components research in the areas of power loading, material erosion and fuel retention M. Reinhart, S. Brezinsek, A.

### Structural materials for fission & fusion energy

- **Authors:** S.J. Zinkle, Jeremy T. Busby
- **Journal:** Materials Today
- **Published:** 2009-11-01
- **DOI:** [10.1016/s1369-7021(09)70294-9](https://doi.org/10.1016/s1369-7021(09)70294-9)
- **Citations:** 1,299
- **Source:** OpenAlex
- **Access:** Open Access
- **PDF:** [Download](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369702109702949/pdf)
- **llms.txt:** [View](https://science-database.com/technology/fusion-energy/paper/oa-W2091202444/llms.txt)

> Structural materials represent the key for containment of nuclear fuel and fission products as well as reliable and thermodynamically efficient production of electrical energy from nuclear reactors. Similarly, high-performance structural materials will be critical for the future success of proposed fusion energy reactors, which will subject the structures to unprecedented fluxes of high-energy neu...

### Ferritic/martensitic steels for next-generation reactors

- **Authors:** R.L. Klueh, Andrew Nelson
- **Journal:** Journal of Nuclear Materials
- **Published:** 2007-05-11
- **DOI:** [10.1016/j.jnucmat.2007.05.005](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2007.05.005)
- **Citations:** 896
- **Source:** OpenAlex
- **llms.txt:** [View](https://science-database.com/technology/fusion-energy/paper/oa-W1985551064/llms.txt)

### Recent progress in research on tungsten materials for nuclear fusion applications in Europe

- **Authors:** M. Rieth, S. L. Dudarev, S.M. González de Vicente, Jarir Aktaa, T. Ahlgren, Steffen Antusch, David E.J. Armstrong, M. Balden, N. Baluc, M.F. Barthe, Widodo Widjaja Basuki, Manjusha Battabyal, Charlotte Becquart, Darina Blagoeva, H. Boldyryeva, J. Brinkmann, Massimo Celino, Ł. Ciupiński, J.B. Correia, A. De Backer, Christophe Domain, E. Gaganidze, C. Garcı́a-Rosales, J.S. Gibson, Mark R. Gilbert, Simone Giusepponi, Bernd Gludovatz, H. Greuner, K. Heinola, T. Höschen, A. Hoffmann, N. Holstein, F. Koch, W. Krauss, H. Li, S. Lindig, J. Linke, Ch. Linsmeier, P. López-Ruiz, H. Maier, Jiří Matějíček, Tarini Prasad Mishra, Mamoun Muhammed, A. Muñóz, M. Muzyk, K. Nordlund, D. Nguyen-Manh, J.B. Opschoor, N. Ordás, T. Palacios, G. Pintsuk, Reinhard Pıppan, J. Reiser, J. Riesch, Steve Roberts, Lorenz Romaner, M. Rosiński, M. Sánchez, W. Schulmeyer, H. Traxler, A. Ureña, J.G. van der Laan, Lyubomira Veleva, Sverker Wahlberg, M. Walter, Thomas Weber, Timm Weitkamp, Stefan Wurster, Mazher Ahmed Yar, J.-H. You, A. Zivelonghi
- **Journal:** Journal of Nuclear Materials
- **Published:** 2012-08-28
- **DOI:** [10.1016/j.jnucmat.2012.08.018](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2012.08.018)
- **Citations:** 813
- **Source:** OpenAlex
- **Access:** Open Access
- **PDF:** [Download](https://oa.upm.es/35412/7/INVE_MEM_2013_192429.pdf)
- **llms.txt:** [View](https://science-database.com/technology/fusion-energy/paper/oa-W2025973984/llms.txt)

### Plasma Physics and Fusion Energy

- **Authors:** J. P. Freidberg
- **Journal:** Cambridge University Press eBooks
- **Published:** 2007-02-08
- **DOI:** [10.1017/cbo9780511755705](https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511755705)
- **Citations:** 499
- **Source:** OpenAlex
- **llms.txt:** [View](https://science-database.com/technology/fusion-energy/paper/oa-W1597745259/llms.txt)

> There has been an increase in interest worldwide in fusion research over the last decade and a half due to the recognition that a large number of new, environmentally attractive, sustainable energy sources will be needed to meet ever increasing demand for electrical energy. Based on a series of course notes from graduate courses in plasma physics and fusion energy at MIT, the text begins with an o...

### The influence of helium on the bulk properties of fusion reactor structural materials

- **Authors:** H. Ullmaier
- **Journal:** Nuclear Fusion
- **Published:** 1984-08-01
- **DOI:** [10.1088/0029-5515/24/8/009](https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/24/8/009)
- **Citations:** 410
- **Source:** OpenAlex
- **llms.txt:** [View](https://science-database.com/technology/fusion-energy/paper/oa-W2060246695/llms.txt)

> Radiation-induced deterioration of fission reactor materials is dominated by displacement damage. In fusion reactors, the influence of (n, α) produced helium upon material deterioration is regarded to be of equal importance because of the high nuclear reaction rate caused by the high-energy fusion neutrons. In this review, the mechanisms and the anticipated rates of helium generation in fusion mat...

### Materials for future nuclear energy systems

- **Authors:** Gary S. Was, David A. Petti, Shigeharu Ukai, S.J. Zinkle
- **Journal:** Journal of Nuclear Materials
- **Published:** 2019-10-07
- **DOI:** [10.1016/j.jnucmat.2019.151837](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2019.151837)
- **Citations:** 371
- **Source:** OpenAlex
- **llms.txt:** [View](https://science-database.com/technology/fusion-energy/paper/oa-W2979774340/llms.txt)

### Nuclear energy: A pathway towards mitigation of global warming

- **Authors:** M.D. Mathew
- **Journal:** Progress in Nuclear Energy
- **Published:** 2021-12-10
- **DOI:** [10.1016/j.pnucene.2021.104080](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnucene.2021.104080)
- **Citations:** 362
- **Source:** OpenAlex
- **llms.txt:** [View](https://science-database.com/technology/fusion-energy/paper/oa-W4200121615/llms.txt)

### Challenges for plasma-facing components in nuclear fusion

- **Authors:** J. Linke, Juan Du, Th. Loewenhoff, G. Pintsuk, B. Spilker, Isabel Steudel, M. Wirtz
- **Journal:** Matter and Radiation at Extremes
- **Published:** 2019-08-21
- **DOI:** [10.1063/1.5090100](https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5090100)
- **Citations:** 322
- **Source:** OpenAlex
- **Access:** Open Access
- **PDF:** [Download](https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5090100)
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> The interaction processes between the burning plasma and the first wall in a fusion reactor are diverse: the first wall will be exposed to extreme thermal loads of up to several tens of megawatts per square meter during quasistationary operation, combined with repeated intense thermal shocks (with energy densities of up to several megajoules per square meter and pulse durations on a millisecond ti...

### Nuclear energy consumption, nuclear fusion reactors and environmental quality: The case of G7 countries

- **Authors:** Nigar Demircan Çakar, Seyfettin Erdoğan, Ayfer Gedikli, Mehmet Akif Öncü
- **Journal:** Nuclear Engineering and Technology
- **Published:** 2021-10-19
- **DOI:** [10.1016/j.net.2021.10.015](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.net.2021.10.015)
- **Citations:** 61
- **Source:** OpenAlex
- **Access:** Open Access
- **PDF:** [Download](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1738573321005994/pdf)
- **llms.txt:** [View](https://science-database.com/technology/fusion-energy/paper/oa-W3205691532/llms.txt)

> Global climate change brings environmental quality sensitivity, especially in developed countries. Developed countries use non-renewable energy sources intensively both in their own countries and in other countries, they make productions that cause an enormous rate of increase in CO2 emissions and unsustainable environmental costs. This has increased the interest in environmentally friendly altern...

### Nuclear-fusion reactor smashes energy record

- **Authors:** Elizabeth Gibney
- **Journal:** Nature
- **Published:** 2022-02-09
- **DOI:** [10.1038/d41586-022-00391-1](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-00391-1)
- **Citations:** 46
- **Source:** OpenAlex
- **Access:** Open Access
- **PDF:** [Download](https://media.nature.com/original/magazine-assets/d41586-022-00391-1/d41586-022-00391-1.pdf)
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> The experimental Joint European Torus has doubled the record for the amount of energy made from fusing atoms — the process that powers the Sun. The experimental Joint European Torus has doubled the record for the amount of energy made from fusing atoms — the process that powers the Sun.

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