7. Glossary
Barn
A unit of area used in physics to express cross-sectional areas (1 b = 10, –,24, cm 2 )
Plasma-facing component
Components that interface with the plasma, ensuring heat removal while being compatible with the generation of high-performance fusion plasma
Design of plasma-facing components;
In this article, the concepts of plasma-facing components are "inertial," "semi-inertial," and actively cooled.
Divertor; divertor
A component that absorbs most of the heat and particle flux from the plasma.
Dpa
Displacement per atom
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