Validation of induced radioactivity calculations for candidate fusion materials through measurements in a graphite-centered assembly

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 42, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 319-327

  Kumar, Anil ^a   Ikeda, Yujiro ^b   Youssef, Mahmoud Z ^a   Abdou, Mohamed A ^a   Kasugai, Yoshimi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DEUTERIUM; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; FUSION REACTORS; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; NEUTRON SOURCES; PARTICLE DETECTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; REACTOR SHIELDING; SEMICONDUCTING GERMANIUM; TRITIUM;

FUSION MATERIALS; INTERNATIONAL THERMONUCLEAR EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS (ITER); SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; SOFTWARE PACKAGE MCNP; SOFTWARE PACKAGE REAC;

RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0032480102     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-3796(97)00156-7     Document Type: Article

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