Cross-sections for hydrogen production from vanadium in a fusion neutron environment

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-84

  Smith, Donald L ^a   Meadows, James W ^a   Gomes, Itacil C ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluated cross sections; Experimental neutron cross sections; Fusion neutrons; Fusion reactor technology; Hydrogen gas production; Nuclear model calculations; Radiation damage; Vanadium

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010037105     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-3796(99)00075-7     Document Type: Article

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