Overview of liquid metal TBM concepts and programs

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 83, Issue 7-9, 2008, Pages 850-857

  Wong, C P C ^a   Salavy, J F ^b   Kim, Y ^c   Kirillov, I ^d   Rajendra Kumar, E ^e   Morley, N B ^f   Tanaka, S ^g   Wu, Y C ^h  

^a GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

^b DIF   (France)

^c Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^d EFREMOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^e INSTITUTE FOR PLASMA RESEARCH   (India)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^h INSTITUTE OF PLASMA PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Blanket; ITER; Liquid breeder; TBM

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DESIGN; EARTH BORING MACHINES; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; FERRITIC STEEL; LIQUID METALS; LIQUIDS; METAL RECOVERY; METAL WORKING; METALS; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; SILICON CARBIDE; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TRITIUM; TUNNELING MACHINES;

BLANKET; BLANKET DESIGNS; FERRITIC/MARTENSITIC STEELS; FIRST WALLS; FLOW CHANNEL INSERTS; FUEL CYCLES; HIGH POWER CONVERSIONS; IRRADIATION EFFECTS; ITER; ITER SAFETIES; ITER TEST BLANKET MODULES; NEUTRON WALL LOADINGS; OUTLET TEMPERATURES; POWER REACTORS; TBM; TEST BLANKETS; TRITIUM EXTRACTIONS; WORKING GROUPS;

EXTRACTION;

EID: 57049121111     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2008.06.040     Document Type: Article

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