Saturn: A large area x-ray simulation accelerator

Conference · Wed Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:6281791

Bloomquist, D D; Stinnett, R W; McDaniel, D H; Lee, J R; Sharpe, A W; Halbleib, J A; Schlitt, L G; Spence, P W; Corcoran, P

Saturn is the result of a major metamorphosis of the Particle Beam Fusion Accelerator-I (PBFA-I) from an ICF research facility to the large-area x-ray source of the Simulation Technology Laboratory (STL) project. Renamed Saturn, for its unique multiple-ring diode design, the facility is designed to take advantage of the numerous advances in pulsed power technology made by the ICF program in recent years and much of the existing PBFA-I support system. Saturn will include significant upgrades in the energy storage and pulse-forming sections. The 36 magnetically insulated transmission lines (MITLs) that provided power flow to the ion diode of PBFA-I were replaced by a system of vertical triplate water transmission lines. These lines are connected to three horizontal triplate disks in a water convolute section. Power will flow through an insulator stack into radial MITLs that drive the three-ring diode. Saturn is designed to operate with a maximum of 750 kJ coupled to the three-ring e-beam diode with a peak power of 25 TW to provide an x-ray exposure capability of 5 x 10/sup 12/ rads/s (Si) and 5 cal/g (Au) over 500 cm/sup 2/.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA); Pulse Sciences, Inc., San Leandro, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 6281791
• Report Number(s): SAND-87-0129C; CONF-870656-39; ON: DE87012021
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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