Limitations on blanket performance

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 46, Issue 2-4, 1999, Pages 193-206

  Malang, S ^a  

^a EURATOM ASSOCIATION   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLANTS; DESIGN; EFFICIENCY; HELIUM; IRRADIATION; LITHIUM; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PERFORMANCE; TEMPERATURE; TRITIUM;

FUSION POWER PLANT; LIMITATIONS; POWER CONVERSION SYSTEM; POWER DENSITY; THERMAL EFFICIENCY;

BREEDING BLANKETS;

EID: 0033225521     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-3796(99)00046-0     Document Type: Article

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