Published February 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Lithium in nuclear and thermonuclear power engineering

  • 1. Thermophysical Department, Institute for Physics and Power Engineering named after A.I. Leypunsky, Bondarenko Sq, 1, Obninsk, Kaluga Region (Russian Federation)

Description

The information about requirements to lithium as a coolant and working medium of the IFMIF neutron target is given. Some research results relating to purification of lithium from impurities and determination of their concentration, which demonstrate possibilities of fulfilling the IFMIF requirements, are presented

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/98/7/072008

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
98
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
[5 p.]
ISSN
1742-6596

Conference

Title
13. international conference on liquid and amorphous metals
Dates
8-14 Jul 2007
Place
Ekaterinburg (Russian Federation)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
40057909
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
COOLANTS; IRRADIATION; IRRADIATION PLANTS; LITHIUM; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; PHYSICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; PURIFICATION; REACTOR MATERIALS; THERMONUCLEAR REACTOR MATERIALS
Descriptors DEC
ALKALI METALS; ELEMENTS; ENGINEERING; MATERIALS; METALS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; RADIATION EFFECTS