Tritium inventory in the ITER PFC's: Predictions, uncertainties, R & D status and priority needs

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 39-40, Issue , 1998, Pages 445-464

  Federici, G ^a   Anderl, R ^b   Brooks, J N ^c   Causey, R ^d,e   Coad, J P ^f   Cowgill, D ^d,e   Doerner, R ^g   Haasz, A A ^k   Longhurst, G ^b   Luckhardt, S ^g   Mueller, D ^h   Peacock, A ^f   Pick, M ^f   Skinner, C H ^h   Wampler, W ^d,e   Wilson, K ^d,e   Wong, C ⁱ   Wu, C ^j   Youchison, D ^d,e  

^a International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor ITER Garching   (Germany)

^b IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^e SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^f CULHAM SCIENCE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

^j MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PLASMAPHYSIK   (Germany)

^k NONE

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM; CARBON FIBERS; CLEANING; DEPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRITIUM; TUNGSTEN;

DIVERTORS; INTERNATIONAL THERMONUCLEAR EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS (ITER); PLASMA FACING COMPONENTS (PFC);

TOKAMAK DEVICES;

EID: 0032156973     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-3796(98)00151-3     Document Type: Article

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