The Quest for a Fusion Energy Reactor : an Insider's Account of the INTOR Workshop.
At the Geneva Superpower Summit in November 1985, Secretary of the former Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev and US President Ronald Regan 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 wer...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press, USA,
2010
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| Summary: | At the Geneva Superpower Summit in November 1985, Secretary of the former Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev and US President Ronald Regan 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (199 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780199750887 0199750882 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
