Nova Upgrade mission and design

Conference · Sun Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:6604284

Campbell, E M; Hogan, W J; Lowdermilk, W H

The expeditious demonstration of ignition and gain in a laboratory Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) target has been identified by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the Fusion Policy Advisory Committee (FPAC) as the highest priority of the ICF Program.'' Assuming that the near-term NAS-recommended preparatory milestones are met, they also concluded that the proposed Nova Upgrade would be the most expeditious way of achieving that goal. The Nova Upgrade would consist of an advanced, cost effective Nd:glass laser that would deliver 1-2 MJ of 0.35 gm light to a target chamber for indirect drive target experiments in which as much as 20 MJ of thermonuclear yield could result. After achieving ignition and gain, further experiments on the facility will allow development of optimized targets for Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE) reactors, simulation of some aspects of ion beam targets, and development of reactor first wall concepts. The targets developed on Nova Upgrade will potentially be suitable for use in an early, low-power engineering test facility (ETF) as the next step in IFE development.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 6604284
• Report Number(s): UCRL-JC-110035; CONF-920607--24; ON: DE93009556
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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700411* -- Inertial Confinement Devices-- (1992-)
ACCELERATOR FACILITIES
CONFINEMENT
DESIGN
INERTIAL CONFINEMENT
LASER TARGETS
LASERS
MODIFICATIONS
NEODYMIUM LASERS
NOVA FACILITY
PLASMA CONFINEMENT
SOLID STATE LASERS
TARGET CHAMBERS
TARGETS