Recent results on vacuum pumping and fuel clean-up

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 75-89

  Penzhorn, R D ^a   Murdoch, D ^b   Haange, R ^c  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PLASMAPHYSIK   (Germany)

^c ITER IT   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENIC EQUIPMENT; DECONTAMINATION; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; GLOW DISCHARGES; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; TRITIUM; VACUUM PUMPS;

CRYOPUMPS; FUEL CLEAN UP; INTERNATIONAL THERMONUCLEAR EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS (ITER); TORUS EXHAUST VACUUM PUMPING SYSTEMS;

FUSION REACTORS;

EID: 0031126115     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-3796(97)00013-6     Document Type: Article

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