Progress Toward Heavy Ion IFE

Meier, W R; Logan, B G; Waldron, W L; Sabbi, G L; Callahan-Miller, D A; Peterson, P F; Goodin, D T

doi:10.1016/S0920-3796(02)00273-9

Title: Progress Toward Heavy Ion IFE

Conference · Thu Jan 17 00:00:00 EST 2002

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0920-3796(02)00273-9· OSTI ID:15002751

Meier, W R; Logan, B G; Waldron, W L; Sabbi, G L; Callahan-Miller, D A; Peterson, P F; Goodin, D T

Successful development of Heavy Ion Fusion (HIF) will require scientific and technology advances in areas of targets, drivers and chambers. Design work on heavy ion targets indicates that high gain (60-130) may be possible with a -3-6 MJ driver depending on the ability to focus the beams to small spot sizes. Significant improvements have been made on key components of heavy ion drivers, including sources, injectors, insulators and ferromagnetic materials for long-pulse induction accelerator cells, solid-state pulsers, and superconducting quadrupole magnets. The leading chamber concept for HIF is the thick-liquid-wall HYLEE-II design, which uses an array of flibe jets to protect chamber structures from x-ray, debris, and neutron damage. Significant progress has been made in demonstrating the ability to create and control the types of flow needed to form the protective liquid blanket. Progress has also been made on neutron shielding for the final focus magnet arrays with predicted lifetimes now exceeding the life of the power plant. Safety analyses have been completed for the HYLEE-II design using state-of-the-art codes. Work also continues on target fabrication and injection for HE. A target injector experiment capable of > 5 Hz operation has been designed and construction will start in 2002. Methods for mass production of hohlraum targets are being evaluated with small-scale experiments and analyses. Progress in these areas will be reviewed.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: US Department of Energy (US)

DOE Contract Number:: W-7405-ENG-48

OSTI ID:: 15002751

Report Number(s):: UCRL-JC-145198; TRN: US0402063

Resource Relation:: Journal Volume: 63-64; Conference: 6th International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology, San Diego, CA (US), 04/07/2002--04/12/2002; Other Information: PBD: 17 Jan 2002

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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