Multishell inertial-confinement-fusion target

Patent · Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:5358917

Holland, J. R.; Del Vecchio, R. M.

This disclosure relates to fusion targets. It deals particularly with the production of multishell inertial confinement fusion targets. The fuel pellet within such targets is designed to compress isentropically under laser or particle irradiation. When a short pulse at extremely high power density strikes the target containing deuterium-tritium fuel, the resulting plasma is confined briefly by its own inertia. Thermonuclear energy can be released in less time than it takes the fuel pellet to blow apart. However, efficient thermonuclear burn requires that the plasma must remain intact at extremely high temperatures and densities for a time sufficient to allow a large fraction of the nuclei to react. Development of multishell targets has been directed at this problem.

• DOE Contract Number: AC08-79DP40086
• Assignee: Dept. of Energy
• Patent Number(s): None
• Application Number: ON: DE82011746
• OSTI ID: 5358917
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

060201* -- Fusion Fuels-- Fabrication & Testing-- (1980-1987)
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
CONFINEMENT
DEUTERIUM COMPOUNDS
DEUTERIUM TRITIDES
FABRICATION
FUELS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INERTIAL CONFINEMENT
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
LASER TARGETS
PLASMA CONFINEMENT
SHELLS
TARGETS
THERMONUCLEAR FUELS
TRITIUM COMPOUNDS