Pulsed power for inertial-confinement fusion

Conference · Wed Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:5947753

Johnson, D L; Neau, E L; Boyer, W B; Crow, J T; Turman, B N

Pulsed power development for inertial confinement fusion continues at a rapid rate. The scalability of these types of pulse power systems has been successfully demonstrated during the past few years through a continuum of fully modular, pulsed power accelerators at Sandia which include Proto I at 1 TW, Proto II at 11 TW,PBFA-I at 30 TW, and the projected PBFA-II at 100 TW. Several problems which have limited previous technology to a few tens of terawatts have been solved or appear to have solutions. Several of these solutions are being incorporated into the PBFA-II baseline design which will be introduced.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 5947753
• Report Number(s): SAND-81-2446C; CONF-811040-35; ON: DE82001991
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700208* -- Fusion Power Plant Technology-- Inertial Confinement Technology
ACCELERATORS
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
I-BEAM TYPE REACTORS
PARTICLE BEAM FUSION ACCELERATOR
POWER SUPPLIES
PULSES
SWITCHES
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS