Evaluation of tritium trap effect produced by high energy proton irradiation in SS316

Based on results of tritium measurement in the SS316 specimens irradiated up to 5.9 dpa in the SINQ target (580MeV proton) using a thermal desorption (TDS) method, trap site density and trap energy in the materials induced by the high-energy proton irradiation have been evaluated by means of the numerical tritium transport analysis. The results indicate that almost residual tritium in the SS316 specimen exists in the trap site, whose trap density is maximum 238appm (5.9dpa) and trap energy is >1.4 eV, and that tritium release by the TDS is mainly attributed to the disappearance of the trap sites by the specimen heating, whose activation energy is about 0.7 eV. The trap site density seems to be almost proportional to the irradiation dose (dpa). Additionally, irradiation conditions such as the dose or irradiation temperature do not affect on the trapping mechanism.