Chemical reactivity of beryllium pebbles in air

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 58-59, Issue , 2001, Pages 695-700

  Druyts, F ^a   Fays, J ^a   Van Iseghem, P ^a   Scaffidi Argentina, F ^b  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beryllium; European Helium Cooled Pebble Bed (HCPB); Parabolic; Thermogravimetric

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM COMPOUNDS; COOLING SYSTEMS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; REACTION KINETICS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

HELIUM-COOLED PEBBLE BED (HCPB) BLANKETS; NEUTRON MULTIPLIERS;

BREEDING BLANKETS;

EID: 0035517723     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-3796(01)00535-X     Document Type: Article

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