Veil of secrecy is lifted from parts of Livermore's laser fusion program

Journal Article · Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994 · Physics Today; (United States)

OSTI ID:6903465

Levi, B G

Thanks to the [open quotes]openness initiative[close quotes] of Secretary Hazel O'Leary of the Department of Energy, results of experiments on inertial confinement done at the Nova facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will soon begin to be published in four papers dealing with such fundamental parameters as target size, material and cavity temperature. Livermore has concentrated on a particular scheme called indirect-drive ICF, in which the fuel pellet is placed inside a cylindrical cavity that has holes at both ends. This cavity is known as a hohlraum. Demonstrating the feasibility of indirect-drive ICF is expected to be a major focus of the National Ignition Facility, a proposed $1 billion project featuring a 1-2-MJ laser that is still awaiting the endorsement of the Department of Energy. 6 refs., 2 figs.

• OSTI ID: 6903465
• Journal Information: Physics Today; (United States), Vol. 47:9; ISSN 0031-9228
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
LASER FUSION REACTORS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
DEUTERIUM
FUEL PELLETS
HYDRODYNAMICS
IMPLOSIONS
INERTIAL CONFINEMENT
NOVA FACILITY
THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
TRITIUM
X RADIATION
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CONFINEMENT
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
FLUID MECHANICS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
IONIZING RADIATIONS
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MECHANICS
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUCLEI
NUCLEOSYNTHESIS
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
PELLETS
PLASMA CONFINEMENT
RADIATIONS
RADIOISOTOPES
STABLE ISOTOPES
SYNTHESIS
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
700360* - Fusion Reactions- (1992-)
700411 - Inertial Confinement Devices- (1992-)