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Interim report-status of the study "An assessment of the prospects for inertial fusion energy" / Committee on the Prospects for Inertial Confinement Fusion Energy Systems, Board on Physics and Astronomy, Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Prospects for Inertial Confinement Fusion Energy Systems, issuing body.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Inertial confinement fusion--United States--Evaluation.
- Inertial confinement fusion.
- Inertial confinement fusion--Research--United States.
- Nuclear energy--Technological innovations--United States.
- Nuclear energy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (47 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, District of Columbia : National Academies Press, [2012]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The scientific and technological progress in inertial confinement fusion has been substantial during the past decade. However, many of the technologies needed for an integrated inertial fusion energy system are still at an early stage of technological maturity. For all approaches to inertial fusion energy there remain critical scientific and engineering challenges. In this interim report of the study An Assessment of the Prospects for Inertial Fusion Energy, the Committee on the Prospects for Inertial Confinement Fusion Energy Systems outlines their preliminary conclusions and recommendations of the feasibility of inertial fusion energy. The committee also describes its anticipated next steps as it prepares its final report.
- Contents:
- Executive summary
- Background
- The committee's information-gathering process
- Recent scientific and technological advances in inertial confinement fusion
- Important factors from a power plant perspective
- Conclusions and recommendations
- The path forward to complete the final report.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780309254601
- 0309254604
- 9780309254588
- 0309254582
- OCLC:
- 923290454
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