Realizing the Promise of Fusion Energy: Final Report of the Task Force on Fusion Energy, August 1999

Richard A. Meserve; Ira Bernstein; Edward Frieman; Hermann Grunder; Robert Hanflin; Steven Koonin; Lawrence Papay; Stewart Prager; Barrett Ripin; Allen Sessoms

doi:10.1023/A:1018886030595

Realizing the Promise of Fusion Energy: Final Report of the Task Force on Fusion Energy, August 1999

Richard A. Meserve
, Ira Bernstein
, Edward Frieman
, Hermann Grunder
, Robert Hanflin
, Steven Koonin
, Lawrence Papay
, Stewart Prager
, Barrett Ripin
, Allen Sessoms

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In December 1998, Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson asked the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board to form a Task Force on Fusion Energy to conduct a review of the Department's fusion energy technologies, both inertial and magnetic, and to provide recommendations as to the role of these technologies as part of a national fusion energy research program. This report reflects the Task Force's response to the request.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	85-96
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Fusion Energy
Volume	18
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018886030595
State	Published - Jun 2001

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Nuclear Energy and Engineering

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Fusion energy
Secretary of energy advisory committee fusion task force

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