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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 41 | Number 3 | May 2002 | Pages 261-267
Technical Paper | Fourteenth Target Fabrication Specialists' Meeting | doi.org/10.13182/FST02-A17911
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The “CEA cryogenic target fabrication project” includes materials and technological research on the Cryogenic Target Assembly (CTA), the DT filling and cryogenic transport to the LMJ site, and the conformation of the DT solid layer. The Research program to deliver CTAs to LMJ in 2010 is described. Some important experimental results have already been obtained, and are presented.