Chamber technology concepts for inertial fusion energy - Three recent examples

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 42, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 537-548

  Meier, Wayne R ^a   Moir, Ralph W ^a   Abdou, Mohamed A ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUSION REACTORS; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; NUCLEAR ENERGY; RADIATION DAMAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; REACTOR SHIELDING; X RAYS;

INERTIAL FUSION CHAMBERS;

INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION;

EID: 0032480065     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-3796(97)00132-4     Document Type: Article

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