Safety assessment of the aries compact stellarator design

Fusion Science and Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 838-863

  Merrill, B J ^a   El Guebaly, L A ^b   Martin, C ^b   Moore, R L ^a   Raffray, A R ^c   Petti, D A ^a  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ARIES CS; Safety assessment; Stellarator

Indexed keywords

COOLANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FERRITIC STEEL; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PLASMA DEVICES; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY; SAFETY ENGINEERING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARIES-CS; COMPACT STELLARATOR DESIGNS; COMPACT STELLARATORS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; PLASMA-FACING COMPONENTS; RADIOACTIVE INVENTORIES; SAFETY ASSESSMENTS; STELLARATOR;

LOSS OF COOLANT ACCIDENTS;

EID: 56049100516     PISSN: 15361055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST08-5     Document Type: Article

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