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Fusion Science and Technology Volume 52, 2007 - Issue 3: Proceedings of the Seventeenth Topical Meeting on The Technology of Fusion Energy (Part 1) Albuquerque, New Mexico November 12–16, 2006
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Sub-Critical Transmutation Reactors with Tokamak Fusion Neutron Sources Based on ITER Physics and Technology

W. M. StaceyFusion Research Center, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0425
Pages 719-726 | Published online: 07 Apr 2017

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