Tritium inventory and recovery in next-step fusion devices

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 61-62, Issue , 2002, Pages 525-536

  Causey, R A ^a   Brooks, J N ^b   Federici, G ^c  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor ITER Garching   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deuterium; Tritium; Tungsten

Indexed keywords

BREEDER REACTORS; CONTAMINATION; DEUTERIUM; DIFFUSION; SPUTTERING; TOKAMAK DEVICES; TRITIUM;

PLASMA FACING MATERIALS;

FUSION REACTIONS;

EID: 0036863185     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-3796(02)00248-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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