Physics basis for a tokamak fusion power plant

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 281-298

  Jardin, S C ^a   Bathke, C G ^b   Ehst, D A ^c   Kaye, S M ^a   Kessel Jr , C E ^a   Lee, B J ^d   Mau, T K ^e   Menard, J ^a   Miller, R ^e   Najmabadi, F ^e  

^a PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI)   (South Korea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR PHYSICS; TOKAMAK DEVICES;

FUSION POWER PLANTS;

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 0034259572     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-3796(00)00166-6     Document Type: Article

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