Environmental assessment: OMEGA Upgrade Project at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester

Technical Report · Fri May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:10174238

The OMEGA laser system at the University of Rochester`s Laboratory for Laser Energetics (UR/LLE) is the only major facility in the United States capable of conducting fully diagnosed direct-drive, spherical-implosion Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) experiments. The LLE also serves as the National Laser Users Facility, available to scientists throughout the country for high energy density laser-matter interaction experiments. In the mid-1980s, the University initiated a request to begin investigations to upgrade the OMEGA laser system. The purpose of the OMEGA Upgrade will provide a unique national resource capable of achieving sufficient thermonuclear yield to address ignition-scaling physics issues for the Inertial Fusion Research Program. Multi-laboratory collaborative experiments to investigate a number of important ICF issues (ignition scaling, fuel-pusher interface mix, preheat, long-scale-length plasma physics, and hydrodynamic instabilities) will be carried out on the upgraded facility. These experiments will increase the confidence associated with the success of a national high-gain laboratory facility.

• Research Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 10174238
• Report Number(s): DOE/EA--0548; ON: DE92040410; NC: NONE
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540250
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700411
BEAM TRANSPORT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
INERTIAL CONFINEMENT
INERTIAL CONFINEMENT DEVICES
LASER FUSION REACTORS
LASER TARGETS
OMEGA FACILITY
RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIATION MONITORING
RADIATION PROTECTION
SITE RESOURCE AND USE STUDIES