Fuel pellets and optical systems for inertially confined fusion
Current laser-driven ICF targets are complex sets of concentric spherical shells made from a variety of materials including the fuel (e.g., deuterium-tritium), glass, beryllium, gold, polymeric materials, organo-metallics, and several additional organic and inorganic materials depending on the particular experiments to be done. While it is not yet known what the reactor targets will be exactly, there is little reason to believe they will be just simple, low quality glass shells containing DT gas or simple spheres of deuterated polyethylene or other fuel. Consequently, many of the current targets, materials, and fabrication techniques are considered to be applicable to the long range problems of ICF reactor target fabrication. Many current material problems and fabrication techniques are discussed and various quality factors are presented in an attempt to bring an awareness of the possible fusion reactor target materials problems to the scientific and technical community.
- Research Organization:
- California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore Lab.
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 6081467
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-81588(Rev.1); CONF-790125-80(Rev.1); TRN: 79-019200
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 1. topical meeting on fusion reactor materials, Miami Beach, FL, USA, 29 Jan 1979
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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LASER FUSION REACTORS
OPTICAL SYSTEMS
LASER TARGETS
FABRICATION
BERYLLIUM
DEUTERIUM TRITIDES
GLASS
GOLD
INERTIAL CONFINEMENT
SHELLS
SPHERICAL CONFIGURATION
THERMONUCLEAR FUELS
ALKALINE EARTH METALS
CONFIGURATION
CONFINEMENT
DEUTERIUM COMPOUNDS
ELEMENTS
FUELS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
METALS
PLASMA CONFINEMENT
TARGETS
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
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TRITIUM COMPOUNDS
060201* - Fusion Fuels- Fabrication & Testing- (1980-1987)
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