Recent progress in DEMO fusion core engineering: Improved segmentation, maintenance and blanket concepts

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 82, Issue 15-24, 2007, Pages 2705-2712

  Ihli, T ^a   Boccaccini, L V ^a   Janeschitz, G ^a   Koehly, C ^a   Maisonnier, D ^c   Nagy, D ^b   Polixa, C ^a   Rey, J ^a   Sardain, P ^c  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c EFDA CLOSE SUPPORT UNIT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blanket; Breeder unit; Ceramic breeder; DCLL; DEMO; Dual coolant; First wall; HCPB; Integration; Maintenance; Power plant studies; Remote handling

Indexed keywords

BREEDING BLANKETS; HELIUM; INTEGRATION; MAINTENANCE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PRODUCT DESIGN;

CERAMIC BREEDERS; DCLL BLANKET DESIGN; DUAL COOLANTS; MULTI MODULE SEGMENTS (MMS);

FUSION REACTIONS;

EID: 34948857964     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2007.02.034     Document Type: Article

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