The breeding potential of 'flinabe' and comparison to 'flibe' in 'CLiFF' high power density concept

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 61-62, Issue , 2002, Pages 497-503

  Youssef, M Z ^a   Sawan, M E ^b   Sze, D K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

CLiFF; Flibe; Flinabe; Self sufficiency; Tritium breeding

Indexed keywords

BREEDING BLANKETS; FERRITES; LITHIUM; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; RADIATION DAMAGE; SILICON; STEEL; THERMAL EFFECTS; TRITIUM;

TRITIUM BREEDING;

FUSION REACTORS;

EID: 0036864711     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-3796(02)00245-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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