Repetitive pulsed power technology for inertial confinement fusion

Conference · Thu Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1983 · Nucl. Technol./Fusion; (United States)

OSTI ID:6116605

Presturich, K R; Buttram, M T

The pulsed power requirements for inertial confinement fusion reactors are defined for ion beam and laser drivers. Several megajoule beams with 100's of terrawatt peak powers must be delivered to the reactor chamber 1-10 times per second. Ion beam drivers are relatively efficient requiring less energy storage in the pulsed power system but more time compression in the power flow chain than gas lasers. These high peak powers imply very large numbers of components for conventional pulse power systems. A new design that significantly reduces the number of components is presented.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Lab., Pulsed Power Applications Dept. 1240, Albuquerque, NM 87185
• OSTI ID: 6116605
• Report Number(s): CONF-830406-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Nucl. Technol./Fusion; (United States) Journal Volume: 4:2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700208* -- Fusion Power Plant Technology-- Inertial Confinement Technology
ACCELERATOR FACILITIES
CONFINEMENT
CONFINEMENT TIME
DESIGN
EFFICIENCY
ENERGY SYSTEMS
GAS LASERS
INERTIAL CONFINEMENT
LASER FUSION REACTORS
LASERS
PLASMA CONFINEMENT
POWER SYSTEMS
PULSED FUSION REACTORS
TARGET CHAMBERS
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS