Tritium inventory control - The experience with DT tokamaks and its relevance for future machines

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 66-68, Issue , 2003, Pages 91-102

  Bell, A C ^a   Gentile, C A ^b   Lasser R L K ^c   Coad, J P ^a  

^a CULHAM SCIENCE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

DT fuel cycle; Fusion power; Tritium inventory control

Indexed keywords

INVENTORY CONTROL; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; TRITIUM;

FUEL CYCLES;

TOKAMAK DEVICES;

EID: 0141607195     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-3796(03)00137-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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