Manufacturing and maintenance technologies developed for a thick-wall structure of the ITER vacuum vessel

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 397-410

  Onozuka, M ^a   Alfile, J P ^b   Aubert, Ph ^b   Dagenais, J F ^c   Grebennikov, D ^d   Ioki, K ^a   Jones, L ^e   Koizumi, K ^f   Krylov, V ^g   Maslakowski, J ^h   Nakahira, M ^f   Nelson, B ⁱ   Punshon, C ^j   Roy, O ^k   Schreck, G ^l  

^a International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor ITER Garching   (Germany)

^b DIF   (France)

^c GAER Systems   (France)

^d Echoplus   (Russian Federation)

^e EFDA CLOSE SUPPORT UNIT   (Germany)

^f JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^g EFREMOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^h BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

ⁱ OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^j TWI LTD   (United Kingdom)

^k CEA SACLAY   (France)

^l LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Cutting; ITER; NDT; Nuclear fusion; Nuclear fusion reactor; Thick wall; Vacuum vessel; Welding

Indexed keywords

ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; FABRICATION; FUSION REACTORS; LASER BEAM WELDING; NEODYMIUM LASERS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); REMOTE SENSING; STAINLESS STEEL; VACUUM;

VACUUM VESSELS;

EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS;

EID: 0035448888     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-3796(01)00185-5     Document Type: Article

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