[en] Future criteria for desirable power plants are difficult to determine, but they include economic competitiveness, availability of consumables, reliability, maintainability, safety, disposal of wastes, and environment impact. In the near future, the desirability of ICF power plants will probably be evaluated on terms similar to those used for fission reactors, which currently emphasize small, inherently safe reactors constructed from factory-built, standardized modules that can lower the direct capital costs and the construction time. Several of these issues are discussed