Ultimate safety margins of ITER: a demonstration of the safety potential of fusion

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 46, Issue 2-4, 1999, Pages 237-242

  Petti, David A ^a   Bartels, Hans Werner ^b  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b San Diego   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; FUSION REACTIONS; HEAT TRANSFER; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; PLASMAS; TRITIUM;

HEAT REMOVAL; INTERNATIONAL THERMONUCLEAR EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; SAFETY MARGINS; VACUUM VESSEL;

EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS;

EID: 0033226113     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-3796(99)00050-2     Document Type: Article

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