Design performance of front steering-type electron cyclotron launcher for iter

Fusion Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-15

  Takahashi, K ^a   Imai, T ^a,d   Kobayashi, N ^a   Sakamoto, K ^a   Kasugai, A ^a   Hayakawa, A ^b   Mori, S ^c   Mohri, K ^c  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c KAWASAKI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electron cyclotron launcher; Front steering; ITER

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR WAVEGUIDES; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; FUSION REACTIONS; GAMMA RAYS; HEAT FLUX; NEUTRONS; PLASMA HEATING; REACTOR SHIELDING; SHEAR STRESS; THERMAL STRESS; THERMOANALYSIS;

COOLING TUBES; ELECTRON CYCLOTRON LAUNCHERS; FRONT STEERING (FS); INTERNATIONAL THERMONUCLEAR EXPERIMENTAL REACTOR (ITER); NUCLEAR ANALYSIS;

CYCLOTRONS;

EID: 13244251196     PISSN: 15361055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST05-A594     Document Type: Article

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