Fusion power core engineering for the ARIES-ST power plant

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 215-261

  Tillack, M S ^a   Wang, X R ^a   Pulsifer, J ^a   Malang, S ^b   Sze, D K ^c   Billone, M ^c   Sviatoslavsky, I ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced tokamak; ARIES ST power plant; Spherical torus

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BREEDER REACTORS; EXTRAPOLATION; FERRITE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PLASMA THEORY; REACTOR CORES; STEEL; TOKAMAK DEVICES;

ADVANCED TOKAMAK;

FUSION REACTIONS;

EID: 0037323310     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-3796(02)00305-8     Document Type: Article

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