Publications

K. Mergia. (2022). Editorial: Mechanical Property Characterization and Radiation Resistant Design of Nuclear Structural Materials Under Ion Irradiation. Frontiers in Materials, 9, 921369. doi:10.3389/fmats.2022.921369 [PDF]

Wójcik-Gargula, A., Rubel, M., Batistoni, P., Bekris, N., Colling, B., Dutkiewicz, E., Laas, T., Nobs, C. R., Paju, J., Packer, L. W., Perzanowski, M., Petersson, P., Priimets, J., Vasilopoulou, T. & JET Contributors (2022). Studies on the behaviour of titanium activation foils during long-term exposure at the JET tokamak. Fusion Engineering and Design, 177, 113056. doi:10.1016/j.fusengdes.2022.113056 [Accepted manuscript]

V. Chatzikos,  K. Mergia, G. Bonny, D. Terentyev, D. Papadakis, G.E. Pavlou, and S. Messoloras. (2022). Positron annihilation spectroscopy investigation of defects in neutron irradiated tungsten materials. International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials 105, 105838. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2022.105838 [Accepted manuscript]

S. Pantousa, K. Mergia, A. Ionescu, E. Manios, S. Dellis, C. Kinane, S. Langridge, A. Caruana, U. Kentsch, and S. Messoloras. (2022). Fe+ ion irradiation effects in Fe-10at%Cr films irradiated at 300 °C. Nuclear Materials and Energy. 30, 101147. doi:10.1016/j.nme.2022.101147 [Accepted manuscript]

Terentyev, D., Rieth, M., Pintsuk, G., Riesch, J., Von Muller, A., Antusch, S., Mergia, K., Gaganidze, E., Schneider, H. C., Wirtz, M., Nogami, S., Coenen, J., You, J.-H., Zinovev, A., & Van Renterghem, W. (2022). Recent progress in the assessment of irradiation effects for in-vessel fusion materials: Tungsten and copper alloys. Nuclear Fusion 62(2),026045. doi:10.1088/1741-4326/ac4062 [Accepted manuscript]

Kotsina, Z., Theodorou, A., Mitsi, E., Axiotis, M., & Apostolopoulos, G. (2022). The effect of recrystallization on the resistivity recovery of W. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 558, 153368 doi:10.1016%2Fj.jnucmat.2021.153368

Žohar, A., Lengar, I., Batistoni, P., Conroy, S., Čufar, A., Kierepko, R., Kos, B., Loreti, S., Mietelski, J. W., Nobs, C. R., Packer, L. W., Pillon, M., Radulović, V., Savva, M. I., Snoj, L., Stamatelatos, I. E., Štancar, Ž., Vasilopoulou, T., Wójcik-Gargula, A., & JET Contributors (2021). Long Term Neutron Activation in JET DD Operation. EPJ Web of Conferences, 253, 03005. doi:10.1051/epjconf/202125303005 [PDF]

Huber, A., Brezinsek, S., Huber, V., Solano, E. R., Sergienko, G., Borodkina, I., Aleiferis, S., Meigs, A., Tskhakaya, D., Sertoli, M., Baruzzo, M., Borodin, D., Carvalho, P., Delabie, E., Douai, D., Kirschner, A., Lawson, K., Linsmeier, C., Mailloux, J., Menmuir, S., Mertens, Ph., Pawelec, E., Romazanov, J., Shaw, A. & JET contributors (2021). Understanding tungsten erosion during inter/intra-ELM periods in He-dominated JET-ILW plasmas. Physica Scripta, 96 (12), 124046.  doi:10.1088/1402-4896/ac2d85 [Accepted manuscript]

Silva, C., Solano, E. R., Hillesheim, J. C., Delabie, E., Aleiferis, S., Birkenmeier, G., Gil, L., Giroud, C., Litherland-Smith, E., Morales, R. B., Nina, D., Silva, A., & JET Contributors. (2021). Structure of the JET edge radial electric field in He and D plasmas. Nuclear Fusion, 61(12), 126006. doi:10.1088/1741-4326/ac2abb [Accepted manuscript]

Packer, L. W., Batistoni, P., Bekris, N., Bradnam, S. C., Fabbri, M., Ghani, Z., Gilbert, M. R., Kierepko, R., Łaszyńska, E., Leichtle, D., Lengar, I., Loreti, S., Mietelski, J. W., Nobs, C. R., Pillon, M., Savva, M. I., Stamatelatos, I. E., Vasilopoulou, T., Wójcik-Gargula, A., Zohar, A. & JET Contributors. (2021). Technological exploitation of the JET neutron environment: progress in ITER materials irradiation and nuclear analysis. Nuclear Fusion, 61 (11), 116057. doi:10.1088/1741-4326/ac2a6b [Accepted manuscript]

Papadakis, D., Dellis, S., Chatzikos, V., Manios, E., Stamatelatos, I.E., Messoloras S. and  Mergia K. (2021). Neutron irradiation effects in different tungsten microstructures, Physica Scripta, 96 (12), 124041. https://doi.org/10.1088/1402-4896/ac1eb2 [Accepted manuscript]

Naish, J. D., Batistoni, P., Kos, B., Obryk, B., Villari, R., Vasilopoulou, T., Stamatelatos, I. E. & JET Contributors (2021). Comparison of neutron flux streaming calculations to the 2019-2020 JET Experimental Deuterium-Deuterium Results. Fusion Engineering and Design, 170, 112538.  doi:10.1016/j.fusengdes.2021.112538 [PDF]

Mergia, K., Chatzikos, V., Manios, E., Dellis, S., Papadakis, D., Terentyev, D., Bonny, G., Dubinko, A., Stamatelatos, I.E., Messoloras, S. & Rieth, M.(2021). Evolution of microstructure in neutron irradiated cold rolled tungsten and its correlation with mechanical properties, Fusion Engineering and Design 172, 112784 doi:10.1016/j.fusengdes.2021.112784 [Accepted manuscript]

Field, A. R., Aleiferis, S., Belonohy, É., Carvalho, P., Coffey, I., Frigione, D., Garzotti, L., Horvath, L., Kim, H.-T., Lennholm, M., Lerche, E., Lomas, P., Lowry, C. G., Mailloux, J., Rimini, F., Roach, C. M., Sertoli, M., Štancar, Ž., Szepesi, G., van Eester, D., & JET Contributors (2021). The impact of fuelling and W radiation on the performance of high-power, ITER-baseline scenario plasmas in JET-ILW. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 63 (9), 095013. doi:10.1088/1361-6587/ac1567 [PDF]

Karhunen, J., Lomanowski, B., Solokha, V., Aleiferis, S., Carvalho, P., Groth, M., Lawson, K. D., Meigs, A. G., Shaw, A., & JET Contributors (2021). Assessment of filtered cameras for quantitative 2D analysis of divertor conditions during detachment in JET L-mode plasmas. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 63 (8), 085018.  doi:10.1088/1361-6587/ac0b9e [Accepted manuscript]

Harissopulos, S., Andrianis, M., Axiotis, M., Lagoyannis, A., Karydas, A. G., Kotsina, Z., Laoutaris, A., Apostolopoulos, G., Theodorou, A., Zouros, T. J. M., Madesis, I., & Benis, E. P. (2021). The Tandem Accelerator Laboratory of NCSR “Demokritos”: current status and perspectives. The European Physical Journal Plus, 136(6). 10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-01596-5

Telesca, G., Ivanova-Stanik, I., Perez von Thun, Ch., Aleiferis, S., Brezinsek, S., Chomiczewska, A., Huber, A., Kowalska-Strzeciwilk, E., Pawelec, E., Sertoli, M., Zagórski, R., & JET Contributors (2021). Impurity behaviour in JET-ILW plasmas fuelled with gas and/or with pellets: a comparative study with the transport code COREDIV. Nuclear Fusion, 61 (6), 066027. doi:10.1088/1741-4326/abf74c [Accepted manuscript]

Papadakis, D., Dellis, S., Mergia, K., Chatzikos, V., Terentyev, D., Bonny, G., Dubinko, A., Van Renterghem, W., Konstantinović, M. J., Messoloras, S., & Pintsuk, G. (2021). The competing effects of temperature and neutron irradiation on the microstructure and mechanical properties of ITER grade tungsten. Fusion Engineering and Design, 168, 112608. doi:10.1016/j.fusengdes.2021.112608 [Preprint]

S. Dellis, Xiazi Xiao, D. Terentyev, K. Mergia , S. Krimpalis,  S. Messoloras and A.Bakaev. Mechanical properties of neutron-irradiated single crystal tungsten W(100) studied by indentation and FEM modelling. Journal of Nuclear Materials 551, 152985 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2021.152985 [Preprint]

Rubel, M., Moon, S., Petersson, P., Widdowson, A., Pitts, R. A., Aleiferis, S., Fortuna-Zaleśna, E., De Temmerman, G., & Reichle, R. (2021). First mirror erosion–deposition studies in JET using an ITER-like mirror test assembly. Nuclear Fusion, 61(4), 046022. doi:10.1088/1741-4326/abdb92 [PDF]