The European effort towards the development of a demo structural material: Irradiation behaviour of the European reference RAFM steel EUROFER

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 81, Issue 8-14 PART B, 2006, Pages 917-923

  Lucon, E ^a   Benoit, P ^a   Jacquet, P ^a   Diegele, E ^b   Lasser R ^b   Alamo, A ^c   Coppola, R ^d   Gillemot, F ^e   Jung, P ^f   Lind, A ^g   Messoloras, S ^h   Novosad, P ⁱ   Lindau, R ^j   Preininger, D ^j   Klimiankou, M ^j   Petersen, C ^j   Rieth, M ^j   Materna Morris, E ^j   Schneider, H C ^j   Rensman, J W ^k   Van Der Schaaf, B ^k   Singh, B K ^l   Spaetig, P ^m   more..

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b EFDA CLOSE SUPPORT UNIT   (Germany)

^c CEA SACLAY   (France)

^d ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^e AEKI Atomic Research Institute   (Hungary)

^f FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^g STUDSVIK NUCLEAR AB   (Sweden)

^h INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

ⁱ NUCLEAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^j KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^k NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY GROUP NRG   (Netherlands)

^l TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^m CRPP   (Switzerland)

more..

Author keywords

EUROFER; Irradiation; Post irradiation examination; Reduced activation ferritic martensitic steels; Theoretical study

Indexed keywords

IRRADIATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; STEEL;

EUROFER; POST-IRRADIATION EXAMINATION;

BUILDING MATERIALS;

EID: 32544451015     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2005.08.044     Document Type: Article

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