Executive summary of NWET applications for NIF workshop
- eds.; Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Inst., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- JAYCOR, Del Mar, CA (United States)
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
A workshop on nuclear weapon effects test (NWET) applications for the proposed National Ignition Facility (NIF) was convened on March 15, 1994 and continued through March 17, at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California. After an introductory overview that discusses the National ICF Program, lessons learned from South Africa, and the NIF Proposal, this report describes: the various potential environments the NIF is expected to produce, spanning the full range of x-ray energies, plus neutrons, debris, and some mention of gammas; the potential needs for NWET as foreseen for the future, beyond the year 2000, including considerations of potential robust designs and hardness uncertainties; and options for the final facilitization of NIEF for NWET, outlining some of the practical issues that must be considered early in the design process, and showing the levels of capability that could be achieved corresponding to three plausible levels of investment specifically for NWET.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 46729
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-ID--119429; ON: DE95010409
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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