A fusion chamber design with a liquid first wall and divertor

Proceedings - Symposium on Fusion Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 288-294

  Nygren, R E ^a   Sze, D K ^b   Nelson, B E ^c   Fogarty, P J ^c   Eberle, C ^c   Rognlien, T D ^d   Rensink, M E ^d   Smolentsev, S ^e   Youssef, M Z ^e   Sawan, M E ^d   Merrill, B J ^f   Majeski, R ^g  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^f IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUSION CHAMBER DESIGN; FUSION PLASMA; MOLTEN SALT;

FERRITE; FUSION REACTORS; MAGNETS; RADIATION EFFECTS; STEEL STRUCTURES;

FUSION REACTIONS;

EID: 27644581684     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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