Pellet delivery and survivability through curved guide tubes for fusion fueling and its implications for ITER

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 75-79, Issue SUPPL., 2005, Pages 691-696

  Combs, S K ^a   Baylor, L R ^a   Caughman, J B O ^a   Fehling, D T ^a   Foust, C R ^a   Jernigan, T C ^a   Maruyama, S ^b   McGill, J M ^a   Rasmussen, D A ^a   Ridenour, J A ^a   Watson, M ^c  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor ITER Garching   (Germany)

^c CULHAM SCIENCE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fusion fueling; ITER; Pellet delivery

Indexed keywords

FUELING; MICROWAVES; ORE PELLETS; PLASMAS; TOKAMAK DEVICES; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

FUSION FUELING; ITER; PELLET DELIVERY;

HYDROGEN;

EID: 27744476736     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2005.06.130     Document Type: Article

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