Design of a light-ion-beam driver for the Laboratory Microfusion Facility

Conference · Sun Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:6845524

Prestwich, K R; Ramirez, J J; Stinnett, R W; Johnson, D L; Olson, C L; Clauser, M J; Mehlhorn, T A; Desjarlais, M P; Allshouse, G O; Corley, J P; Hanson, D L; Cuneo, M E; McKay, P F; Poukey, J W; Rosenthal, S E; Slutz, S A; Quintenz, J P; Cook, D L; VanDevender, J P ^[1]; Peterson, R ; Engelstad, R; Powers, J W ^[2]

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1. Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
2. Wisconsin Univ., Madison, WI (USA)

The US Department of Energy has initiated planning for a Laboratory Microfusion Facility (LMF) as part of the national Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) program. This next major ICF facility is expected to produce a 1000-megajoule thermonuclear yield with greater than 10-megajoules of input energy to the target. As part of this initiative, we have defined a light-ion-beam LMF concept and are pursuing research in critical design issues. Details of this light-ion-beam LMF driver concept are presented together with initial results from an LMF research program aimed at a technology validation experiment on Hermes III. 16 refs., 4 figs.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/DP
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 6845524
• Report Number(s): SAND-89-2866C; CONF-9007111--1; ON: DE90013071
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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