Testing of high heat flux components manufactured by ENEA for ITER divertor

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 84, Issue 2-6, 2009, Pages 309-313

  Visca, Eliseo ^a   Escourbiac, F ^b   Libera, S ^a   Mancini, A ^a   Mazzone, G ^a   Merola, M ^c   Pizzuto, A ^a  

^a ASSOCIAZIONE EURATOM ENEA SULLA FUSIONE   (Italy)

^b IRFM   (France)

^c ITER ORGANIZATION   (France)

Author keywords

CFC; Critical heat flux; High heat flux testing; Hot radial pressing; ITER divertor; Monoblock; Monoblock mock ups; NDT; Plasma facing components; Pre brazed casting; W

Indexed keywords

CFC; CRITICAL HEAT FLUX; HIGH HEAT FLUX TESTING; HOT RADIAL PRESSING; ITER DIVERTOR; MONOBLOCK; MONOBLOCK MOCK-UPS; NDT; PLASMA FACING COMPONENTS; PRE-BRAZED CASTING; W;

BRAZING; ELECTRON BEAMS; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; FACINGS; FUSION REACTOR DIVERTORS; HEAT FLUX; HOT PRESSING; MANUFACTURE; MOCKUPS; PLASMAS; REMOTE SENSING; STEEL BRIDGES; TARGETS; THERMAL FATIGUE; THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS;

FATIGUE TESTING;

EID: 67149131847     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2008.12.087     Document Type: Article

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