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South Korea looks to Southern and NuScale
This week, the United States and South Korea have taken two steps toward deepening their nuclear partnership through two notable announcements. First, the majority-state owned Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power signed a memorandum of understanding with Birmingham, Ala.–based Southern Nuclear.
Marshall M. Sluyter
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 26 | Number 3 | November 1994 | Pages 711-716
Future Inertial Confinement Fusion Facility | Proceedings of the Eleventh Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy New Orleans, Louisiana June 19-23, 1994 | doi.org/10.13182/FST94-A40240
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The ICF program's quest for thermonuclear ignition and burn is described. A historical perspective is discussed as well as the current program, which includes the National Ignition Facility. Future directions for the program include its mission for defense, energy, and basic science.
