Experimental validation of calculations of decay heat induced by 14 MeV neutron activation of ITER materials

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-88

  Taylor, N P ^a,f   Ikeda, Y ^b   Bartels, H W ^a   Cambi, G ^c   Cepraga, D G ^d   Cheng, E T ^e   Forrest, R A ^f   Iida, H ^g   Khater, H Y ^h   Maekawa, F ^b   Saji, G ^a   Santoro, R T ^g   Sawan, M E ^h   Sublet, J Ch ^f   Youssef, M Z ⁱ  

^a San Diego   (United States)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d ENEA   (Italy)

^e TSI Research Inc   (United States)

^f CULHAM SCIENCE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^g International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor ITER Garching   (Germany)

^h University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental validation; ITER materials; Neutron activation

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS;

INTERNATIONAL THERMONUCLEAR EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS (ITER); RADIOACTIVE DECAY;

FUSION REACTORS;

EID: 0033100453     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-3796(98)00436-0     Document Type: Article

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