The production and delivery of inertial fusion energy power plant fuel: The cryogenic target

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 82, Issue 15-24, 2007, Pages 2171-2175

  Bozek, A S ^a   Alexander, N B ^a   Bittner, D ^b   Carlson, L ^c   Drake, T J ^a   Flint, G W ^a   Frey, D T ^a   Goodin, D T ^a   Grant, S ^a   Hund, J F ^a   Kilkenny, J D ^a   Petzoldt, R W ^a   Schroen, D G ^a   Stemke, R W ^a   Streit, J E ^b   Vermillion, B A ^a  

^a GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

^b SCHAFER CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryogenic targets; Inertial fusion; Laser drivers; Lasers; Target injection

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENICS; HIGH POWER LASERS; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; TARGET TRACKING;

CRYOGENIC TARGETS; INERTIAL FUSION; INERTIAL FUSION ENERGY (IFE); LASER DRIVERS; TARGET INJECTION;

FUSION REACTIONS;

EID: 34948814048     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2007.04.053     Document Type: Article

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