Physics and technology conditions for attaining tritium self-sufficiency for the DT fuel cycle

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 81, Issue 8-14 PART B, 2006, Pages 1131-1144

  Sawan, M E ^a,c   Abdou, M A ^b  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding blanket; DT fuel cycle; Tritium breeding ratio; Tritium inventory; Tritium self sufficiency

Indexed keywords

FUELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PLASMAS;

BREEDING BLANKET; DT FUEL CYCLE; TRITIUM BREEDING RATIO; TRITIUM INVENTORY; TRITIUM SELF-SUFFICIENCY;

FUSION REACTIONS;

EID: 32444433084     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2005.07.035     Document Type: Article

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