Materials selection and qualification processes at a high-power spallation neutron source

Materials Characterization

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 97-123

  Sommer, Walter ^a   Werbeck, Richard ^a   Maloy, Stuart ^b   Borden, Michael ^a   Brown, Robert ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NEUTRON SOURCES; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RADIATION DAMAGE; SPALLING; TRITIUM; VACUUM TECHNOLOGY;

HIGH POWER SPALLATION NEUTRON SOURCE;

LINEAR ACCELERATORS;

EID: 0033172418     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1044-5803(99)00041-8     Document Type: Article

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