Design of a repetitively pulsed megajoule dense-plasma focus

Technical Report · Fri Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1975

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/4175895· OSTI ID:4175895

Zucker, O; Bostick, W; Gullickson, R; Long, J; Luce, J; Sahlin, H

This report describes a 1 pulse per second, dense-plasma-focus (DPF) materials-testing device capable of delivering a minimum of 10$sup 15$ neutrons per pulse. Moderate scaling up from existing designs is shown to be sufficient to provide 2 x 10$sup 13$ neutrons/ cm$sup 2$. s to a suitable target. The average power consumption, which has become a major issue due to the energy crisis, is analyzed with respect to other plasma devices and is shown to be highly favorable. Also discussed is a novel approach to capacitor-bank and switch design with respect to repetitive-pulse operation. (auth)

• Research Organization: California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• NSA Number: NSA-33-000338
• OSTI ID: 4175895
• Report Number(s): UCRL--51872
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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NEUTRONS
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