Tritium in fusion: R&D in the EU

Fusion Science and Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-44

  Lasser R ^a   Antipenkov, A ^b   Bekris, N ^c   Boccaccini, L V ^b   Caldwell Nichols, C J ^b   Cristescu, I ^b   Day, Ch ^b   Gasparotto, M ^a   Glugla, M ^b   Dell'Orco, G ^a   Gabriel, F ^d   Gastaldi, O ^e   Grisolia, Ch ^e   Knipe, S ^f   Magielsen, A J ^g   Moslang A ^b   Murdoch, D ^a   Pearce, R ^a   Perevezentsev, A ^f   Piazza, G ^a   Poitevin, Y ^a   Ricapito, I ^g   Salavy, J F ^d   Sedano, L A ^h   Zmitko, M ^a   more..

^a EFDA CLOSE SUPPORT UNIT   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c CULHAM SCIENCE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d CEA SACLAY   (France)

^e IRFM   (France)

^f CULHAM SCIENCE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^g NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY GROUP NRG   (Netherlands)

^h CIEMAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING BLANKETS; FUSION REACTIONS; FUSION REACTORS;

FUEL COMPONENTS; FUEL CYCLE; FUSION DEVICES; FUSION POWER; FUSION POWER PLANT;

TRITIUM;

EID: 49749102397     PISSN: 15361055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST08-A1761     Document Type: Conference Paper

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