Status of safety & environmental activities for inertial fusion energy

Fusion Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 34-40

  Latkowski, J F ^a   Reyes, S ^a   Cadwallader, L C ^b   Sharpe, J P ^b   Marshall, T D ^b   Merrill, B J ^b   Moore, R L ^b   Petti, D A ^b   Falquina, R ^c   Rodriguez, A ^c   Sanz, J ^c,d   Cabellos, O ^d  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE FUSIÓN NUCLEAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AEROSOLS; CALCULATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AEROSOL GENERATION; AEROSOL TRANSPORT; INERTIAL FUSION ENERGY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION;

EID: 0038447938     PISSN: 15361055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST03-A307     Document Type: Article

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