Is nuclear fusion a sustainable energy form?

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 86, Issue 9-11, 2011, Pages 2770-2773

  Bradshaw, A M ^a,b   Hamacher, T ^c   Fischer, U ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PLASMAPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fusion; Intergenerational equity; Natural resources; Power plant; Sustainability; Tritium breeding

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS; FUSION POWER PLANT; INTERGENERATIONAL EQUITY; LITHIUM EXTRACTION; LITHIUM-ION BATTERY; NEUTRON MULTIPLIERS; NUCLEAR FUSION; STRONG SUSTAINABILITY; SUPPLY PROBLEMS; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY; SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION; TRITIUM BREEDING;

BERYLLIUM; DEUTERIUM; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; POWER PLANTS; SEAWATER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRITIUM;

LITHIUM;

EID: 80054029993     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2010.11.040     Document Type: Article

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