Repetitive pulse accelerator technology for light ion inertial confinement fusion

Conference · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5544858

Buttram, M T

This paper will overview the technologies being studied for a repetitively pulsed ICF accelerator. As presently conceived, power is supplied by rotating machinery providing 16 MJ in 1 ms. The generator output is transformed to 3 MV, then switched into a pulse compression system using laser triggered spark gaps. These must be synchronized to about 1 ns. Pulse compression is performed with saturable inductor switches, the output being 40 ns, 1.5 MV pulses. These are transformed to 30 MV in a self-magnetically insulated cavity adder structure. Space charge limited ion beams are drawn from anode plasmas with electron counter streaming being magnetically inhibited. The ions are ballistically focused into the entrances of guiding discharge channels for transport to the pellet. The status of component development from the prime power to the ion source will be reviewed.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 5544858
• Report Number(s): SAND-85-0040C; CONF-850504-39; ON: DE85012030
• Resource Relation: Conference: Particle accelerator conference, Vancouver, Canada, 13 May 1985; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
PARTICLE BEAM FUSION ACCELERATOR
POWER SUPPLIES
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
ION BEAM TARGETS
ION BEAMS
LITHIUM IONS
PULSES
SWITCHES
ACCELERATORS
BEAMS
CHARGED PARTICLES
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
IONS
TARGETS
700208* - Fusion Power Plant Technology- Inertial Confinement Technology