Evaluation of the neutron and gamma-ray heating in the radiation shielding and magnet coils of the vista spacecraft

Fusion Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 418-433

  Şahin, Sümer ^a,b,c   Şahin, Haci Mehmet ^a   Sözen, Adnan ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Inertial fusion energy spacecraft propulsion; Magnet coil shielding; Magnetic nozzle

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; GAMMA RAYS; HYDROGEN; NEUTRON SCATTERING; NEUTRONS; NOZZLES; NUCLEAR PROPULSION; SPACECRAFT; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS;

MAGNETIC NOZZLE; NEUTRON FLUX; NUCLEAR HEATING; SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET COIL;

RADIATION SHIELDING;

EID: 0032120681     PISSN: 07481896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/fst98-a41     Document Type: Review

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