Overview of recent progress in IFMIF neutronics

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 81, Issue 8-14 PART B, 2006, Pages 1195-1202

  Fischer, U ^a   Chen, Y ^a   Simakov, S P ^a   Wilson, P P H ^b   Vladimirov, P ^a   Wasastjerna, F ^c  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

^c VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Activation; d Li reaction; Fusion; Neutron source; Nuclear data

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FUSION REACTIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; STANDARDS;

D-LI REACTION; NEUTRON SOURCE; NUCLEAR DATA;

NEUTRONS;

EID: 32544436619     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2005.08.063     Document Type: Article

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