Prospects and issues for commercial fusion power systems

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 41, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 337-347

  Conn, Robert W ^a   Najmabadi, Farrokh ^b   Tillack, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUSION REACTIONS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

FUSION POWER SYSTEMS;

TOKAMAK DEVICES;

EID: 0032475153     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-3796(97)00152-X     Document Type: Article

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