Recent accomplishments and future directions in the US Fusion Safety and Environmental Program

Nuclear Fusion

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Petti, David A ^a   Merrill, Brad J ^a   Phillip Sharpe, J ^a   Cadwallader, L C ^a   El Guebaly, L ^b   Reyes, S ^c  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FUSION REACTIONS; HEALTH RISKS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS;

COMPUTER CODES; ENERGY SOURCES; FUSION FACILITY; PRUDENT MATERIALS;

NUCLEAR ENERGY;

EID: 34547489536     PISSN: 00295515     EISSN: 17414326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0029-5515/47/7/S03     Document Type: Conference Paper

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