Progress of R&D and design of blanket remote handling equipment for ITER

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 83, Issue 10-12, 2008, Pages 1850-1855

  Kakudate, S ^a   Takeda, N ^a   Nakahira, M ^b   Matsumoto, Y ^a   Shibamuma, K ^a   Tesini, A ^b  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b ITER ORGANIZATION   (France)

Author keywords

Blanket; Diamond like carbon; Dry lubricant; ITER; Remote handling

Indexed keywords

CABLES; CURING; DIAMONDS; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; MANIPULATORS; MATERIALS HANDLING; RAILS; REMOTE CONTROL; TEST FACILITIES; TESTING; VEHICLES; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

BLANKET; DIAMOND-LIKE CARBON; DRY LUBRICANT; ITER; REMOTE HANDLING;

DESIGN;

EID: 56949101731     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2008.08.029     Document Type: Article

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