Electrical properties of ceramics during reactor irradiation

Radiation induced conductivity of ceramic coating materials under 14 MeV neutron irradiation

“…Electrical properties of Al 2 O 3 under radiation environment have been studied by various irradiation experiments [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]. Radiation induced conductivities for Al 2 O 3 specimens evaluated previously are shown in Fig.…”

Progress in the development of insulator coating for liquid lithium blankets

“…Radiation-Induced Conductivity (RIC) has been studied mainly for high quality crystals of Al 2 O 3 [42].…”

Effects of neutron irradiation on the properties of functional materials for fusion applications: Role of hydrogen in radiation effects on oxide ceramics

“…Radiation induced degradation of electrical insulating ability of ceramics (radiation induced electrical conductivity (RIC) and radiation induced electrical degradation (RIED)) [8][9][10]. 2.…”

“…Among the issues summarized above, electrically degrading behavior of ceramic insulators have attracted strong concerns, especially in the early stage of the ITER-EDA because it will introduce serious technological problems in designing fusion machines, where many electrical components will be exposed to intense radiation environments [1,2]. Extensive studies resulted in the conclusion that the degradation of electrical insulation will not cause serious problems in design of the ITER, for electronic-conductive ceramic insulators such as alumina (Al 2 O 3 ) [9,10].…”