Designing ARIES-CS compact radial build and nuclear system: Neutronics, shielding, and activation

Fusion Science and Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 747-770

  El Guebaly, L ^a   Wilson, P ^a   Henderson, D ^a   Sawan, M ^a   Sviatoslavsky, G ^a   Tautges, T ^b   Slaybaugh, R ^a   Kiedrowski, B ^a   Ibrahim, A ^a   Martin, C ^a   Raffray, R ^c   Malang, S ^d   Lyon, J ^e   Ku, L P ^f   Wang, X ^c   Bromberg, L ^g   Merrill, B ^h   Waganer, L ⁱ   Najmabadi, F ^c  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Oak Ridge National Laboratory ^*  (Germany)

^e OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fusion power plants; Nuclear analysis; Stellarator

Indexed keywords

FUSION REACTIONS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PLASMA DEVICES;

COMPACT STELLARATOR POWER PLANT; ENGINEERING PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS; FUSION POWER PLANT; IN-VESSEL COMPONENTS; NUCLEAR ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR ASSESSMENT; STELLARATOR;

DESIGN;

EID: 56049115647     PISSN: 15361055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST54-747     Document Type: Article

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