Status of PBFA II for Inertial Confinement Fusion with light ions
The Particle Beam Fusion Accelerator II (PBFA II) is being constructed at Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) with initial operation scheduled for January 1986. PBFA II is the only facility currently under construction that has the possibility of achieving ignition or breakeven in the laboratory. It will deliver 1 to 2 MJ of lithium ions for experiments covering a wide range of Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) target designs. PBFA II will be used for studying weapons physics and implosion hydrodynamics in the near-term. In the early 1990s, we anticipate that PBFA II could be modified to produce a pulse-shaping option for exploring high-gain target physics. The achievement of high-gain may require a different accelerator. The potential advantages of pulsed power driven light ions for an energy application include very low cost, small size, small capital investment for an initial power plant, and greater than 20% efficiency for economical power production.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Laboratories, Pulsed Power Sciences 1200, Albuquerque, NM
- OSTI ID:
- 5875969
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-850310-
- Journal Information:
- Fusion Technol.; (United States), Journal Name: Fusion Technol.; (United States) Vol. 8:1; ISSN FUSTE
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ACCELERATORS
BEAMS
BREAKEVEN
CHARGED PARTICLES
CONFINEMENT
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
DESIGN
ENERGY BALANCE
EXPERIMENT PLANNING
FLUID MECHANICS
HYDRODYNAMICS
IMPLOSIONS
INERTIAL CONFINEMENT
ION BEAM FUSION REACTORS
ION BEAM TARGETS
ION BEAMS
IONS
LITHIUM IONS
MECHANICS
PARTICLE BEAM FUSION ACCELERATOR
PERFORMANCE
PLANNING
PLASMA CONFINEMENT
POWER GENERATION
PULSED FUSION REACTORS
TARGETS
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS