Cost modeling for fabrication of direct drive inertial fusion energy targets

Fusion Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 353-358

  Rickman, William Samuel ^a   Goodin, Daniel T ^b  

^a TSD Management Associates   (United States)

^b GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical engineering analyses; Cost modeling; Direct drive targets

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; COSTS; CRYOGENICS; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; FABRICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYCONDENSATION; SPUTTER DEPOSITION;

DIRECT-DRIVE TARGETS;

INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION;

EID: 0037962985     PISSN: 15361055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST03-A278     Document Type: Conference Paper

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