All-position reduced pressure electron beam welding for large fusion containment vessels

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 58-59, Issue , 2001, Pages 793-796

  Wykes, M ^a   Punshon, C ^b   Jones, L ^c   Nightingale, K ^b   Sanderson, A ^b  

^a CULHAM SCIENCE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b TWI LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c EFDA CLOSE SUPPORT UNIT   (Germany)

Author keywords

ITER FEAT; RPEBW; Vacuum vessel (VV)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAM WELDING; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; FUSION REACTORS; HEAT SHIELDING; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REACTOR SHIELDING; REFLECTIVE COATINGS; SHRINKAGE;

INTERSECTOR WELDING ROBOTS;

CONTAINMENT VESSELS;

EID: 18844471049     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-3796(01)00564-6     Document Type: Article

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