The Prospects for High-Yield ICF with a Z-Pinch Driven Dynamic Hohlraum

Conference · Tue Sep 07 04:00:00 EDT 1999

OSTI ID:12721

CHANDLER, GORDON A ^[1]; CHRIEN, R; COOPER, GARY WAYNE; DERZON, MARK S; DOUGLAS, MELISSA R; HEBRON, DAVID E; LASH, JOEL S; LEEPER, RAMON J; MATZEN, M KEITH; MEHLHORN, THOMAS A; NASH, THOMAS J; OLSON, RICHARD E; PETERSON, D L; RUIZ, CARLOS L; SANFORD, THOMAS W. L.; SLUTZ, STEPHEN A

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1. Sandia National Laboratories

Recent success with the Sandia Z machine has renewed interest in utilizing fast z-pinenes for ICF. One promising concept places the ICF capsule internal to the imploding z-pinch. At machine parameters relevant to achieving high yield, the imploding z-pinch mass has sufficient opacity to trap radiation giving rise to a dynamic hohlraum. The concept utilizes a 12 MJ, 54 MA z-pinch driver producing a capsule drive temperature exceeding 300 eV to realize a 550 MJ thermonuclear yield. They present the current high-yield design and its development that supports high-yield ICF with a z-pinch driven dynamic hohlraum.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (US); Sandia National Labs., Livermore, CA (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 12721
• Report Number(s): SAND99-0832C
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
DESIGN
FUSION YIELD
ICF DEVICES
IMPLOSIONS
LINEAR Z PINCH DEVICES