Helium-cooled pebble bed test blanket module: Alternative design and fabrication routes

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 83, Issue 7-9, 2008, Pages 1249-1252

  Lux, Martin ^a   Ihli, Thomas ^a   Rey, Joerg ^a   Neuberger, Heiko ^a   Polixa, Caroline ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

BU (breeder unit); CC (cooling channel); CP (cooling plate); DEMO (demonstration power plant); FW (first wall); HCS (helium cooling system); SG (stiffening grid); TBM (test blanket module)

Indexed keywords

BREEDER REACTORS; BREEDING BLANKETS; COOLING; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DESIGN; EARTH BORING MACHINES; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; ELECTRON BEAMS; FABRICATION; HELIUM; INERT GASES; POWER PLANTS; WELDING;

BU (BREEDER UNIT); CC (COOLING CHANNEL); CP (COOLING PLATE); DEMO (DEMONSTRATION POWER PLANT); FW (FIRST WALL); HCS (HELIUM COOLING SYSTEM); SG (STIFFENING GRID); TBM (TEST BLANKET MODULE);

TUNNELING MACHINES;

EID: 56949089714     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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