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Title: Lawrence Livermore Laboratory heavy ion fusion program

Abstract

In the large fusion program at Livermore we are actively doing research in most areas of inertial confinement fusion. The areas in which we are funded for research specific to heavy ion fusion are: (1) target design; (2) energy conversion chamber design and (3) ion beam propagation in the combustion chamber. There are two main thrusts to the target design effort: (1) development of targets which are optimally suited to heavy ion fusion power production and (2) fundamental studies of the beam-target interaction.

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Research Org.:
California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore Lab.
OSTI Identifier:
6312743
Report Number(s):
UCRL-82120
TRN: 79-012756
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; I-BEAM TYPE REACTORS; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; ION BEAM TARGETS; ACCELERATORS; DESIGN; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; INTERACTIONS; CONVERSION; ENERGY CONVERSION; TARGETS; THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS; 700208* - Fusion Power Plant Technology- Inertial Confinement Technology

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Bangerter, R.O., Lee, E.P., Monsler, M.J., and Yu, S.S.. Lawrence Livermore Laboratory heavy ion fusion program. United States: N. p., 1978. Web. doi:10.2172/6312743.
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Bangerter, R.O., Lee, E.P., Monsler, M.J., & Yu, S.S.. Lawrence Livermore Laboratory heavy ion fusion program. United States. doi:10.2172/6312743.
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Bangerter, R.O., Lee, E.P., Monsler, M.J., and Yu, S.S.. Fri . "Lawrence Livermore Laboratory heavy ion fusion program". United States. doi:10.2172/6312743. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6312743.
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title = {Lawrence Livermore Laboratory heavy ion fusion program},
author = {Bangerter, R.O. and Lee, E.P. and Monsler, M.J. and Yu, S.S.},
abstractNote = {In the large fusion program at Livermore we are actively doing research in most areas of inertial confinement fusion. The areas in which we are funded for research specific to heavy ion fusion are: (1) target design; (2) energy conversion chamber design and (3) ion beam propagation in the combustion chamber. There are two main thrusts to the target design effort: (1) development of targets which are optimally suited to heavy ion fusion power production and (2) fundamental studies of the beam-target interaction.},
doi = {10.2172/6312743},
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year = {Fri Dec 29 00:00:00 EST 1978},
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