Leak detection system in ITER

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-26

  Hiroki, S ^a,b   Ladd, P ^a   Shaubel, K ^a   Janeschitz, G ^a   Marrs, R A ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PLASMAPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOSTATS; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; HELIUM; LEAK DETECTION; MASS SPECTROMETERS;

INTERNATIONAL THERMONUCLEAR EXPERIMENTAL REACTOR (ITER); MASS SPECTROMETER LEAK DETECTORS (MSLD); RESIDUAL GAS ANALYZERS (RGA); TORUS;

FUSION REACTORS;

EID: 0033348456     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-3796(99)00058-7     Document Type: Article

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