Progress in the blanket neutronics experiments at JAERI/FNS

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 81, Issue 8-14 PART B, 2006, Pages 1183-1193

  Sato, S ^a   Verzilov, Y ^a   Ochiai, K ^a   Nakao, M ^a   Wada, M ^a   Kubota, N ^a   Kondo, K ^a   Yamauchi, M ^a   Nishitani, T ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beryllium; Blanket; DT neutron integral experiment; Lithium titanate; MCNP; Tritium production rate

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; BERYLLIUM; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; NEUTRONS; TRITIUM;

LITHIUM TITANATE; NEUTRON REFLECTORS; TRITIUM PRODUCTION RATE;

FUSION REACTIONS;

EID: 31844451055     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2005.09.078     Document Type: Article

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