Radiation shielding mass saving for the magnet coils of the VISTA spacecraft

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 509-521

  Şahin, Sümer ^a   Şahin, Haci Mehmet ^b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NIGDE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR FUEL PELLETS; SPACECRAFT; SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS;

NUCLEAR HEATING;

RADIATION SHIELDING;

EID: 0033117666     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4549(98)00066-8     Document Type: Article

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