Economic goals and requirements for competitive fusion energy

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 41, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 393-400

  Miller, Ronald L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COOLANTS; COSTS; DEREGULATION; ENERGY POLICY; FUSION REACTIONS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; OUTAGES; PRIVATIZATION; TOKAMAK DEVICES;

INVESTMENT ANALYSIS METHOD;

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 0032475149     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-3796(98)00120-3     Document Type: Article

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