A full tungsten divertor for ITER: Physics issues and design status

Journal of Nuclear Materials

Volumn 438, Issue SUPPL, 2013, Pages

  Pitts, R A ^a   Carpentier, S ^a   Escourbiac, F ^a   Hirai, T ^a   Komarov, V ^a   Lisgo, S ^a   Kukushkin, A S ^a   Loarte, A ^a   Merola, M ^a   Sashala Naik, A ^a   Mitteau, R ^a   Sugihara, M ^a   Bazylev, B ^b   Stangeby, P C ^c  

^a ITER ORGANIZATION   (France)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; COST REDUCTION; HEAT FLUX; TUNGSTEN;

BUDGET RESTRICTIONS; CURRENT STATUS; DIVERTOR DESIGN; HIGH HEAT FLUX; PLASMA-MATERIAL INTERACTIONS; TUNGSTEN (W);

FUSION REACTOR DIVERTORS;

EID: 84885473714     PISSN: 00223115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2013.01.008     Document Type: Article

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