Fabrication of a New Type of Double-Shell Target Having a PVA Inner Layer

Journal Article · Mon Mar 15 00:00:00 EST 2004 · Fusion Science and Technology

OSTI ID:20849617

Steinman, D A ^[1]; Wallace, R ^[2]; Grant, S ^[1]; Hoppe, M C ^[1]; Smith, Jr, J N ^[1]

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1. General Atomics (United States)
2. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (United States)

The General Atomics Target Fabrication team was tasked in FY03, under its ICF Target Support contract, to make a new type of double-shell target. Its specifications called for the outer shell to have an inner lining of PVA (poly(vinyl alcohol)) that would keep the xenon gas fill from occupying the target wall. The inner shell consisted of a glass shell coated with 2000 Angst of silver and filled with 9 atm of deuterium. Furthermore, the delivery deadline was less than seven weeks away. This paper describes the fielding of this double-shell target, made possible through the combined efforts of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and General Atomics target fabrication specialists.

• OSTI ID: 20849617
• Journal Information: Fusion Science and Technology, Vol. 45, Issue 2; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2006 American Nuclear Society (ANS), United States, All rights reserved. http://epubs.ans.org/; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1536-1055
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
DEUTERIUM
FABRICATION
GLASS
ICF DEVICES
INERTIAL CONFINEMENT
LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY
LAYERS
LINERS
PVA
SILVER
XENON