Radiation hardness of newly developed ITER relevant insulation systems

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 66-68, Issue , 2003, Pages 1209-1213

  Bittner Rohrhofer, K ^a   Humer, K ^a   Wang, Z D ^a   Weber, H W ^a   Fabian, P E ^b   Munshi, N A ^b  

^a TU WIEN   (Austria)

^b Compos Technology Development Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

GFRP; Radiation effects; Superconducting magnet coils

Indexed keywords

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; RADIATION HARDENING; SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS;

FUSION DEVICES;

FUSION REACTORS;

EID: 0141495090     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-3796(03)00343-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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