Deuterium retention in tungsten exposed to mixed D + N plasma at divertor relevant fluxes in Magnum-PSI

Abstract Nitrogen (N) has been proposed as an extrinsic impurity species in the divertor to reduce the local power load onto tungsten (W) plasma-facing components. Laboratory studies at low incident fluxes have indicated N increases deuterium (D) retention in tungsten. Here we show that W exposed to D + N Magnum-PSI plasmas under divertor relevant particle fluxes (∼1024 D/m2 s), also results in an increase in D retention by enhanced near surface trapping up to 1100 K due either to N or Mo impurities, and increased retention in the bulk at T > 700 K. These results demonstrate that N or Mo surface impurities have the potential to alter the tritium inventory in tungsten plasma-facing components under diverter relevant particle fluxes by affecting surface and bulk retention processes.