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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778606803321

Titolo

An Assessment of the Department of Energy's Office of Fusion Energy Sciences program [[electronic resource] /] / Fusion Science Assessment Committee, Plasma Science Committee, Board on Physics and Astronomy, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2001

ISBN

0-309-18319-7

0-309-50269-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (113 p.)

Collana

Compass series

Disciplina

621.48

Soggetti

Controlled fusion - Research - United States

Fusion reactors

Plasma confinement

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This project was supported by the Dept. of Energy under Grant No. DE-FG02-98ER54508"--T.p. verso.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Overview: Assessment and Historical Context""; ""2 Scientific Progress and the Development of Predictive Capability""; ""3 Plasma Confinement Configurations""; ""4 Interactions of the Fusion Program with Allied Areas of Science and Technology""; ""A Summary of Committee Meetings""; ""B Funding Data""; ""C The Family of Magnetic Confinement Configurations""; ""D Glossary""; ""E Acronyms and Abbreviations""