Molten salts in fusion nuclear technology

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 39-40, Issue , 1998, Pages 627-637

  Moriyama, H ^a   Sagara, A ^b   Tanaka, S ^c   Moir, R W ^d   Sze, D K ^e  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR FUSION SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLANTS; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; MOLTEN MATERIALS; SALTS; TRITIUM;

MOLTEN SALTS;

FUSION REACTIONS;

EID: 0032156440     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-3796(98)00202-6     Document Type: Article

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