Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory laser-fusion program
The goals of the Laser-Fusion Program at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are to produce well-diagnosed, high-gain, laser-driven fusion explosions in the laboratory and to exploit this capability for both military applications and for civilian energy production. In the past year we have made significant progress both theoretically and experimentally in our understanding of the laser interaction with both directly coupled and radiation-driven implosion targets and their implosion dynamics. We have made significant developments in fabricating the target structures. Data from the target experiments are producing important near-term physics results. We have also continued to develop attractive reactor concepts which illustrate ICF's potential as an energy producer.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 5063433
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-87114; CONF-820930-5; ON: DE82020167
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 9. international conference on plasma physics and controlled nulcear fusion research, Baltimore, MD, USA, 1 Sep 1982
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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