Laboratory microfusion capability study

Technical Report · Sat May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993

OSTI ID:6071409

The purpose of this study is to elucidate the issues involved in developing a Laboratory Microfusion Capability (LMC) which is the major objective of the Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) program within the purview of the Department of Energy's Defense Programs. The study was initiated to support a number of DOE management needs: to provide insight for the evolution of the ICF program; to afford guidance to the ICF laboratories in planning their research and development programs; to inform Congress and others of the details and implications of the LMC; to identify criteria for selection of a concept for the Laboratory Microfusion Facility and to develop a coordinated plan for the realization of an LMC. As originally proposed, the LMC study was divided into two phases. The first phase identifies the purpose and potential utility of the LMC, the regime of its performance parameters, driver independent design issues and requirements, its development goals and requirements, and associated technical, management, staffing, environmental, and other developmental and operational issues. The second phase addresses driver-dependent issues such as specific design, range of performance capabilities, and cost. The study includes four driver options; the neodymium-glass solid state laser, the krypton fluoride excimer gas laser, the light-ion accelerator, and the heavy-ion induction linear accelerator. The results of the Phase II study are described in the present report.

• Research Organization: InterScience, Inc., Troy, NY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC01-91DP00239
• OSTI ID: 6071409
• Report Number(s): DOE/DP-0017; ON: DE93014373
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700411* -- Inertial Confinement Devices-- (1992-)
ACCELERATOR FACILITIES
ACCELERATORS
CONFINEMENT
COST
DESIGN
EXCIMER LASERS
GAS LASERS
HEAVY ION ACCELERATORS
HILACS
ICF DEVICES
INERTIAL CONFINEMENT
ION BEAM FUSION REACTORS
KRYPTON FLUORIDE LASERS
LASERS
LINEAR ACCELERATORS
NEODYMIUM LASERS
PERFORMANCE
PLASMA CONFINEMENT
SOLID STATE LASERS
TARGET CHAMBERS
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS