Conceptual design report for the University of Rochester cryogenic target delivery system

Technical Report · Sat May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7368472· OSTI ID:7368472

Fagaly, R L; Alexander, N B; Bourque, R F; Dahms, C F; Lindgren, J R; Miller, W J ^[1]; Bittner, D N; Hendricks, C D ^[2]

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1. General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
2. W.J. Schafer Associates, Livermore, CA (United States)

The upgrade of the Omega laser at the University of Rochester's Laboratory for Laser Energetics (UR/LLE) will result in a need for large targets filled with D[sub 2] or Dt and maintained at cryogenic temperatures. This mandates a cryogenic target delivery system capable of filling, layering, characterizing and delivering cryogenic targets to the Omega Upgrade target chamber. The program goal is to design, construct, and test the entire target delivery system by June 1996. When completed (including an operational demonstration), the system will be shipped to Rochester for reassembly and commissioning in time for the Omega Upgrade cryogenic campaign, scheduled to start in 1998. General Atomics has been assigned the task of developing the conceptual design for the cryogenic target delivery system. Design and fabrication activities will be closely coordinated with the University of Rochester, Lawrence Livermore National laboratory (LLNL) and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), drawing upon their knowledge base in fuel layering and cryogenic characterization. The development of a target delivery system for Omega could also benefit experiments at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the other ICF Laboratories in that the same technologies could be applied to NOVA, the National Ignition Facility or the future Laboratory Microfusion Facility.

• Research Organization: General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-91SF18601
• OSTI ID: 7368472
• Report Number(s): GA-A-21093; ON: DE93017542
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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