Anfibe: A comprehensive model for swelling and tritium release from neutron-irradiated beryllium - I: Theory and model capabilities

Fusion Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 179-194

  Scaffidi Argentina, Francesco ^a,d,e   Donne, Mario Dalle ^a,f,g   Ronchi, Claudio ^b   Ferrero, Claudio ^c  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^g Inst Neutron Phys Reactor Technol   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beryllium; Swelling; Tritium release

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUSION REACTORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; SWELLING; TRITIUM;

BLANKETS;

BERYLLIUM;

EID: 0031235089     PISSN: 07481896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/fst97-a19890     Document Type: Article

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