Preparations for a European R&D roadmap for an inertial fusion demo reactor

Norreys, P. A.; Ceurvorst, L.; Sadler, James David; Spiers, B. T.; Aboushelbaya, R.; Mayr, M. W.; Paddock, R.; Ratan, N.; Savin, A. F.; Wang, R. H. W.; Glize, K.; Trines, R. M. G. M.; Bingham, R.; Hill, M. P.; Sircombe, N.; Ramsay, M.; Allan, P.; Hobbs, L.; James, S.; Skidmore, J.; Fyrth, J.; Luis, J.; Floyd, E.; Brown, C.; Haines, Brian Michael; Olson, Richard Edward; Yi, Sunghwan (Austin); Zylstra, Alex B.; Flippo, Kirk Adler; Bradley, Paul Andrew; Peterson, Robert Ross; Kline, John L.; Leeper, Ramon J.

doi:10.1098/rsta.2020.0005

Title: Preparations for a European R&D roadmap for an inertial fusion demo reactor

Journal Article · 07 December 2020 · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. A, Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2020.0005 · OSTI ID:1735902

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Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom); Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Didcot (United Kingdom). Central Laser Facility
Univ. de Bordeaux (France)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom)
Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom); Mewburn Ellis LLP, London (United Kingdom)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Didcot (United Kingdom). Central Laser Facility
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Didcot (United Kingdom). Central Laser Facility; Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow (United Kingdom)
Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE), Berkshire (United Kingdom)

A European consortium of 15 laboratories across nine nations have worked together under the EUROFusion Enabling Research grants for the past decade with three principle objectives. These are: (a) investigating obstacles to ignition on megaJoule-class laser facilities; (b) investigating novel alternative approaches to ignition, including basic studies for fast ignition (both electron and ion-driven), auxiliary heating, shock ignition, etc.; and (c) developing technologies that will be required in the future for a fusion reactor. This paperr presents a brief overview of these activities, along with new calculations relates the concept of auxiliary heating of inertial fusion targets, and provides possible future directions of research and development for the updated European Roadmap that is due at the end of 2020. This article is part of a discussion meeting issue ‘Prospects for high gain inertial fusion energy (part 2)’.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); European Commission (EC); Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

Grant/Contract Number:: 89233218CNA000001; AC52-06NA25396; 633053; EP/L000237/11; EP/R029148/1

OSTI ID:: 1735902

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-20-22605; TRN: US2205264

Journal Information:: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. A, Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Vol. 379, Issue 2189; ISSN 1364-503X

Publisher:: The Royal Society PublishingCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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