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A two-year study of recirculating induction heavy-ion accelerators (recirculators) as low-cost drivers for inertial-fusion energy power plants has recently been completed. A summary of that study and other recent work on recirculators is presented.
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Barnard, J.J., Bangerter, R.O., Deadrick, F. et al. Recirculating induction accelerators for heavy-ion fusion. Nuov Cim A 106, 1547–1552 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02821250
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