Helium and fusion energy

The Future of Helium as a Natural Resource

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 235-264

  Clarke, Richard H ^a   Cai, Zhiming ^b  

^a Culham Centre for Fusion Energy   (United Kingdom)

^b AMEC FOSTER WHEELER   (United States)

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EID: 84876060820     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203120675     Document Type: Chapter

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