Lead (Pb) Hohlraum: Target for Inertial Fusion Energy

Ross, J. S.; Amendt, P.; Atherton, L. J.; Dunne, M.; Glenzer, S. H.; Lindl, J. D.; Meeker, D.; Moses, E. I.; Nikroo, A.; Wallace, R.

doi:10.1038/srep01453

Lead (Pb) Hohlraum: Target for Inertial Fusion Energy

Journal Article · Thu Mar 14 00:00:00 EDT 2013 · Scientific Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/srep01453· OSTI ID:1624602

Ross, J. S. ^[1]; Amendt, P. ^[2]; Atherton, L. J. ^[2]; Dunne, M. ^[2]; Glenzer, S. H. ^[2]; Lindl, J. D. ^[2]; Meeker, D. ^[2]; Moses, E. I. ^[2]; Nikroo, A. ^[3]; Wallace, R. ^[2]

Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); DOE/OSTI
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)

Recent progress towards demonstrating inertial confinement fusion (ICF) ignition at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) has sparked wide interest in Laser Inertial Fusion Energy (LIFE) for carbon-free large-scale power generation. A LIFE-based fleet of power plants promises clean energy generation with no greenhouse gas emissions and a virtually limitless, widely available thermonuclear fuel source. For the LIFE concept to be viable, target costs must be minimized while the target material efficiency or x-ray albedo is optimized. Current ICF targets on the NIF utilize a gold or depleted uranium cylindrical radiation cavity (hohlraum) with a plastic capsule at the center that contains the deuterium and tritium fuel. Here we show a direct comparison of gold and lead hohlraums in efficiently ablating deuterium-filled plastic capsules with soft x rays. We report on lead hohlraum performance that is indistinguishable from gold, yet costing only a small fraction.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344

OSTI ID:: 1624602

Journal Information:: Scientific Reports, Journal Name: Scientific Reports Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 3; ISSN 2045-2322

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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