The MEGAPIE-TEST project: Supporting research and lessons learned in first-of-a-kind spallation target technology

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 238, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1471-1495

  Fazio, C ^a   Groschel F ^b   Wagner, W ^b   Thomsen, K ^b   Smith, B L ^b   Stieglitz, R ^a   Zanini, L ^b   Guertin, A ^c   Cadiou, A ^c   Henry, J ^d   Agostini, P ^e   Dai, Y ^b   Heyck, H ^b   Dementjev, S ^b   Panebianco, S ^d   Almazouzi, A ^f   Eikenberg, J ^b   Letourneau, A ^d   Toussaint, J C ^d   Janett, A ^b   Perret, Ch ^b   Joray, S ^b   Patorski, J ^b   Leung, W ^b   Meloni, P ^e   Turroni, P ^e   Zucchini, A ^e   Benamati, G ^e   Konys, J ^a   Auger, T ^g   Gessi, A ^e   Gorse, D ^g   Serre, I ^h   Terlain, A ^d   Vogt, J B ^h   Batta, A ^a   Class, A ^a   Cheng, X ^a   Fellmoser, F ^a   Daubner, M ^a   Gnieser, S ^a   Grotzbach G ^a   Milenkovic, R ^a   Latge C ^d   Knebel, J U ^a   more..

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c SUBATECH   (France)

^d DIF   (France)

^e ENEA   (Italy)

^f BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^g CNRS   (France)

^h CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SPALLING; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOPS; SAFE OPERATION; TARGET TECHNOLOGY;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 42249096798     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2007.11.006     Document Type: Article

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