Evaluation of the tungsten alloy vaporizing lithium first wall and blanket concept

Fusion Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 815-822

  Wong, C P C ^a   Barleon, L ^a   Corradini, M ^b   Fogarty, P ^c   Ghoniem, N ^d   Majumdar, S ^e   Malang, S ^f   Mattas, R ^d   McCarthy, K ^g   Merrill, B ^g   Murphy, J ^b   Nelson, B ^c   Nygren, R ^h   Sawan, M ^b   Sharafat, S ^d   Sviatoslavsky, I ^b   Zinkle, S ^c  

^a GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^g IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; LITHIUM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; TUNGSTEN ALLOYS; VAPORIZATION;

FUSION POWER;

FUSION REACTORS;

EID: 6644222462     PISSN: 07481896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/fst01-a11963340     Document Type: Article

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