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Title: Z-inertial fusion energy: power plant final report FY 2006.

Abstract

This report summarizes the work conducted for the Z-inertial fusion energy (Z-IFE) late start Laboratory Directed Research Project. A major area of focus was on creating a roadmap to a z-pinch driven fusion power plant. The roadmap ties ZIFE into the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) initiative through the use of high energy fusion neutrons to burn the actinides of spent fuel waste. Transmutation presents a near term use for Z-IFE technology and will aid in paving the path to fusion energy. The work this year continued to develop the science and engineering needed to support the Z-IFE roadmap. This included plant system and driver cost estimates, recyclable transmission line studies, flibe characterization, reaction chamber design, and shock mitigation techniques.

Authors:
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  1. University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
  2. University of California, Berkeley, CA
  3. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories
  4. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
  5. University of California, Los Angeles, CA
  6. University of California, Berkeley, CA
  7. University of California, Los Angeles, CA
  8. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories
  9. University of California, Berkeley, CA
  10. University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
  11. University of California, Los Angeles, CA
  12. University of California, Los Angeles, CA
  13. University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
901970
Report Number(s):
SAND2006-7148
TRN: US0702781
DOE Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; 24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION; 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; ACTINIDES; DESIGN; FLIBE; MITIGATION; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; POWER PLANTS; POWER TRANSMISSION LINES; SPENT FUELS; THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS; TRANSMUTATION; Nuclear fusion.; Fusion reactors.; Z-Accelerator.; Z-pinch plasma; Radioactive wastes-Transmutation-Technological innovations.; Controlled fusion-Research; United States.; Fusion reactors-Research; Energy conversion-Technological innovations.

Citation Formats

Anderson, Mark, Kulcinski, Gerald, Zhao, Haihua, Cipiti, Benjamin B, Olson, Craig Lee, Sierra, Dannelle P, Meier, Wayne, McConnell, Paul E, Ghiaasiaan, M, Kern, Brian, Tajima, Yu, Campen, Chistopher, Sketchley, Tomas, Moir, R, Bardet, Philippe M, Durbin, Samuel, Morrow, Charles W, Vigil, Virginia L, Modesto-Beato, Marcos A, Franklin, James Kenneth, Smith, James Dean, Ying, Alice, Cook, Jason T, Schmitz, Lothar, Abdel-Khalik, S, Farnum, Cathy Ottinger, Abdou, Mohamed A, Bonazza, Riccardo, Rodriguez, Salvador B, Sridharan, Kumar, Rochau, Gary Eugene, Gudmundson, Jesse, Peterson, Per F, Marriott, Ed, and Oakley, Jason. Z-inertial fusion energy: power plant final report FY 2006.. United States: N. p., 2006. Web. doi:10.2172/901970.
Anderson, Mark, Kulcinski, Gerald, Zhao, Haihua, Cipiti, Benjamin B, Olson, Craig Lee, Sierra, Dannelle P, Meier, Wayne, McConnell, Paul E, Ghiaasiaan, M, Kern, Brian, Tajima, Yu, Campen, Chistopher, Sketchley, Tomas, Moir, R, Bardet, Philippe M, Durbin, Samuel, Morrow, Charles W, Vigil, Virginia L, Modesto-Beato, Marcos A, Franklin, James Kenneth, Smith, James Dean, Ying, Alice, Cook, Jason T, Schmitz, Lothar, Abdel-Khalik, S, Farnum, Cathy Ottinger, Abdou, Mohamed A, Bonazza, Riccardo, Rodriguez, Salvador B, Sridharan, Kumar, Rochau, Gary Eugene, Gudmundson, Jesse, Peterson, Per F, Marriott, Ed, & Oakley, Jason. Z-inertial fusion energy: power plant final report FY 2006.. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/901970
Anderson, Mark, Kulcinski, Gerald, Zhao, Haihua, Cipiti, Benjamin B, Olson, Craig Lee, Sierra, Dannelle P, Meier, Wayne, McConnell, Paul E, Ghiaasiaan, M, Kern, Brian, Tajima, Yu, Campen, Chistopher, Sketchley, Tomas, Moir, R, Bardet, Philippe M, Durbin, Samuel, Morrow, Charles W, Vigil, Virginia L, Modesto-Beato, Marcos A, Franklin, James Kenneth, Smith, James Dean, Ying, Alice, Cook, Jason T, Schmitz, Lothar, Abdel-Khalik, S, Farnum, Cathy Ottinger, Abdou, Mohamed A, Bonazza, Riccardo, Rodriguez, Salvador B, Sridharan, Kumar, Rochau, Gary Eugene, Gudmundson, Jesse, Peterson, Per F, Marriott, Ed, and Oakley, Jason. 2006. "Z-inertial fusion energy: power plant final report FY 2006.". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/901970. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/901970.
@article{osti_901970,
title = {Z-inertial fusion energy: power plant final report FY 2006.},
author = {Anderson, Mark and Kulcinski, Gerald and Zhao, Haihua and Cipiti, Benjamin B and Olson, Craig Lee and Sierra, Dannelle P and Meier, Wayne and McConnell, Paul E and Ghiaasiaan, M and Kern, Brian and Tajima, Yu and Campen, Chistopher and Sketchley, Tomas and Moir, R and Bardet, Philippe M and Durbin, Samuel and Morrow, Charles W and Vigil, Virginia L and Modesto-Beato, Marcos A and Franklin, James Kenneth and Smith, James Dean and Ying, Alice and Cook, Jason T and Schmitz, Lothar and Abdel-Khalik, S and Farnum, Cathy Ottinger and Abdou, Mohamed A and Bonazza, Riccardo and Rodriguez, Salvador B and Sridharan, Kumar and Rochau, Gary Eugene and Gudmundson, Jesse and Peterson, Per F and Marriott, Ed and Oakley, Jason},
abstractNote = {This report summarizes the work conducted for the Z-inertial fusion energy (Z-IFE) late start Laboratory Directed Research Project. A major area of focus was on creating a roadmap to a z-pinch driven fusion power plant. The roadmap ties ZIFE into the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) initiative through the use of high energy fusion neutrons to burn the actinides of spent fuel waste. Transmutation presents a near term use for Z-IFE technology and will aid in paving the path to fusion energy. The work this year continued to develop the science and engineering needed to support the Z-IFE roadmap. This included plant system and driver cost estimates, recyclable transmission line studies, flibe characterization, reaction chamber design, and shock mitigation techniques.},
doi = {10.2172/901970},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/901970}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2006},
month = {Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2006}
}