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Title: Fielding the LANL Gas Cherenkov Detector (GCD-3) at the National Ignition Facility: The engineering challenges of designing, analyzing, fabricating, testing, and commissioning the next-generation GCD detector and WellDIM3.9m insertion manipulator for use at NIF

Abstract

We report that fielding the LANL third-generation Gas Cherenkov Detector (GCD-3) at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) revealed an array of complex engineering challenges. Fielding the GCD-3 Detector in a 3.9 meter re-entrant Well on the NIF Target Chamber required the development of a specialized detector deployment system named the WellDIM3.9m Diagnostic Manipulator (WellDIM). The most stringent design requirement entailed a no-load/no-contact condition with the Well, which dictated that all seismic loads be transferred to the Target Chamber port flange. The WellDIM transports the GCD-3 into the Well at a distance of 3.9m from Target Chamber Center. Finally, the GCD-3 Detector, outfitted with additional shielding to mitigate higher NIF backgrounds, will serve as a prototype for the future, heavily shielded “Super-GCD”.

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  1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  2. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Programs (DP)
OSTI Identifier:
1565843
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-17-27201
Journal ID: ISSN 0277-786X; TRN: US2000907
Grant/Contract Number:  
89233218CNA000001; AC52-06NA25396
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 10390; Conference: SPIE OPTICAL ENGINEERING + APPLICATIONS, San Diego, CA (United States), 6-10 Aug 2017; Journal ID: ISSN 0277-786X
Publisher:
SPIE
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; 42 ENGINEERING; Gas Cherenkov Detector; GCD; WellDIM; Pressure Vessel; NIF; Plasma Physics; ASME

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Lopez, Frank Edward, Herrmann, Hans W., Leeper, Ramon J., Batha, Steven H., Oertel, John A., Griego, Jeffrey Randall, Steinfeld, Bryan Christopher, Polk, Paul John, Goodwin, Lynne Alese, Fatherley, Valerie E., Archuleta, Thomas Nick, Aragonez, Robert J., Pederson, Benjamin James, Celeste, John R., Hibbard, Robin L., Carpenter, Arthur C., Hernandez, Jose E., Carrera, Jorge A., Khater, Hesam Y., Downing, Eric L., St. Hilaire, Nicholas L., and Sitaraman, Shiva. Fielding the LANL Gas Cherenkov Detector (GCD-3) at the National Ignition Facility: The engineering challenges of designing, analyzing, fabricating, testing, and commissioning the next-generation GCD detector and WellDIM3.9m insertion manipulator for use at NIF. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1117/12.2277239.
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Lopez, Frank Edward, Herrmann, Hans W., Leeper, Ramon J., Batha, Steven H., Oertel, John A., Griego, Jeffrey Randall, Steinfeld, Bryan Christopher, Polk, Paul John, Goodwin, Lynne Alese, Fatherley, Valerie E., Archuleta, Thomas Nick, Aragonez, Robert J., Pederson, Benjamin James, Celeste, John R., Hibbard, Robin L., Carpenter, Arthur C., Hernandez, Jose E., Carrera, Jorge A., Khater, Hesam Y., Downing, Eric L., St. Hilaire, Nicholas L., & Sitaraman, Shiva. Fielding the LANL Gas Cherenkov Detector (GCD-3) at the National Ignition Facility: The engineering challenges of designing, analyzing, fabricating, testing, and commissioning the next-generation GCD detector and WellDIM3.9m insertion manipulator for use at NIF. United States. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2277239
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Lopez, Frank Edward, Herrmann, Hans W., Leeper, Ramon J., Batha, Steven H., Oertel, John A., Griego, Jeffrey Randall, Steinfeld, Bryan Christopher, Polk, Paul John, Goodwin, Lynne Alese, Fatherley, Valerie E., Archuleta, Thomas Nick, Aragonez, Robert J., Pederson, Benjamin James, Celeste, John R., Hibbard, Robin L., Carpenter, Arthur C., Hernandez, Jose E., Carrera, Jorge A., Khater, Hesam Y., Downing, Eric L., St. Hilaire, Nicholas L., and Sitaraman, Shiva. Tue . "Fielding the LANL Gas Cherenkov Detector (GCD-3) at the National Ignition Facility: The engineering challenges of designing, analyzing, fabricating, testing, and commissioning the next-generation GCD detector and WellDIM3.9m insertion manipulator for use at NIF". United States. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2277239. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1565843.
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@article{osti_1565843,
title = {Fielding the LANL Gas Cherenkov Detector (GCD-3) at the National Ignition Facility: The engineering challenges of designing, analyzing, fabricating, testing, and commissioning the next-generation GCD detector and WellDIM3.9m insertion manipulator for use at NIF},
author = {Lopez, Frank Edward and Herrmann, Hans W. and Leeper, Ramon J. and Batha, Steven H. and Oertel, John A. and Griego, Jeffrey Randall and Steinfeld, Bryan Christopher and Polk, Paul John and Goodwin, Lynne Alese and Fatherley, Valerie E. and Archuleta, Thomas Nick and Aragonez, Robert J. and Pederson, Benjamin James and Celeste, John R. and Hibbard, Robin L. and Carpenter, Arthur C. and Hernandez, Jose E. and Carrera, Jorge A. and Khater, Hesam Y. and Downing, Eric L. and St. Hilaire, Nicholas L. and Sitaraman, Shiva},
abstractNote = {We report that fielding the LANL third-generation Gas Cherenkov Detector (GCD-3) at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) revealed an array of complex engineering challenges. Fielding the GCD-3 Detector in a 3.9 meter re-entrant Well on the NIF Target Chamber required the development of a specialized detector deployment system named the WellDIM3.9m Diagnostic Manipulator (WellDIM). The most stringent design requirement entailed a no-load/no-contact condition with the Well, which dictated that all seismic loads be transferred to the Target Chamber port flange. The WellDIM transports the GCD-3 into the Well at a distance of 3.9m from Target Chamber Center. Finally, the GCD-3 Detector, outfitted with additional shielding to mitigate higher NIF backgrounds, will serve as a prototype for the future, heavily shielded “Super-GCD”.},
doi = {10.1117/12.2277239},
journal = {Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering},
number = ,
volume = 10390,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Sep 26 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Tue Sep 26 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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