Comparison of Tritium component failure rate data

Fusion Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 983-988

  Cadwallader, L C ^a  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; FUSION REACTIONS; LABORATORIES; RELIABILITY; SECURITY OF DATA; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TRITIUM;

FAILURE RATE DATA; INERTIAL FUSION; JOINT EUROPEAN TORUS (JET); TRITIUM COMPONENTS;

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 18744405723     PISSN: 15361055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST05-A816     Document Type: Conference Paper

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