Interim report-status of the study "An assessment of the prospects for inertial fusion energy" /

Interim report-status of the study "An assessment of the prospects for inertial fusion energy" / 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. - 1 online resource (59 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

9780309254588


Inertial confinement fusion--Evaluation.--United States
Inertial confinement fusion--Research--United States.
Nuclear energy--Technological innovations--United States.


Electronic books.

TK9204 / .N383 2012