Physics basis for the advanced tokamak fusion power plant, ARIES-AT

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 80, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 25-62

  Jardin, S C ^a   Kessel, C E ^a   Mau, T K ^b   Miller, R L ^b   Najmabadi, F ^b   Chan, V S ^c   Chu, M S ^c   Lahaye, R ^c   Lao, L L ^c   Petrie, T W ^c   Politzer, P ^c   St John, H E ^c   Snyder, P ^c   Staebler, G M ^c   Turnbull, A D ^c   West, W P ^c  

^a PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced tokamak; Fusion power plant; Physics basis; Reactor studies

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIATION; TOKAMAK DEVICES; VACUUM;

ADVANCED TOKMAK; PHYSICS BASIS; REACTOR STUDIES; TOKMAK FUSION POWER PLANTS;

POWER PLANTS;

EID: 30544448810     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2005.06.352     Document Type: Article

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