Short-term hydrogen production issues for ITER

Fusion Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-34

  Gaeta, Michael J ^a,c   Merrill, Brad J ^a,d   Bartels, Hans Werner ^b,e,f,g   Laval, Carine Rachel ^b,h,i   Topilski, Leonid ^b,g,j  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ITER San Diego Joint Worksite   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^g University of Heidelberg ^*  (United States)

^h Ecole Centrale   (France)

ⁱ POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^j NATIONAL RESEARCH NUCLEAR UNIVERSITY MEPHI   (Russian Federation)

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Author keywords

Beryllium steam reactions; Hydrogen generation; ITER safety issues

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BERYLLIUM; BREEDING BLANKETS; EVAPORATION; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; FLAMMABILITY; HYDROGEN; LOSS OF COOLANT ACCIDENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR REACTOR SIMULATORS; REACTOR SHUTDOWNS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

INTERNATIONAL THERMONUCLEAR EXPERIMENTAL REACTOR (ITER);

TOKAMAK DEVICES;

EID: 0031198936     PISSN: 07481896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST97-A19877     Document Type: Article

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