The quest for a fusion energy reactor : an insider's account of the INTOR Workshop / Weston M. Stacey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stacey, Weston M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fusion reactors--Design and construction.

Fusion reactors.

Engineering test reactors--Design and construction.

Engineering test reactors.

Tokamaks.

Fusion reactors--Research--International cooperation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (199 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At the Geneva Superpower Summit in November 1985, Secretary of the former Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev and US President Ronald Reagan agreed to pursue an international effort to develop fusion energy for peaceful purposes. At a time when tension between these cold war nations was very high, how were these leaders able to come together to work towards making nuclear fusion a feasible energy source? The Quest for a Fusion Energy Reactor is the story of the INTOR Workshop (INternational TOkamak Reactor) which brought together scientists and engineers from Europe, Japan, the United States, and th

Contents:

Contents; 1 Prologue (1978); 2 Zero Phase of the INTOR Workshop (1978-80); 3 Phase 1 of the INTOR Workshop (1980-81); 4 Phase 2A of the INTOR Workshop (1981-88); 5 Epilogue; Appendices; Glossary; Bibliography of Offcial INTOR Workshop Publications

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-19-045359-1

1-282-70688-8

9786612706882

0-19-975088-2

OCLC:

609859904