Tritium technology for blankets of fusion power plants

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 49, Issue 50, 2000, Pages 735-743

  Futterer, Michael A ^a   Albrecht, Helmut ^b   Giroux, Pierre ^c   Kawamura, Hiroshi ^d   Kveton, Otto K ^e   Murdoch, David K ^f   Sze, Dai Kai ^g  

^a Lab de Concepts Avancés   (France)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c CENTRE DE VALDUC   (France)

^d JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^e TORONTO PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PLASMAPHYSIK   (Germany)

^g ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM; FUSION REACTORS; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; TRITIUM;

TRITIUM TECHNOLOGY;

BREEDING BLANKETS;

EID: 0034315054     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-3796(00)00204-0     Document Type: Article

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