Phased NIF start-up

Conference · Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1998

OSTI ID:7539

Clower, C A; Lane, M L; Van Wonterghen, B M

We describe a phased start-up plan for the 192-beam line National Ignition Facility, that supports a gradual transition of the present ICF program, based upon the 10 beam Nova laser system to a NIP based ICF program, with all 24 bundles being available for operation in FY04. This plan is based upon a bundle-by-bundle completion of integrated operational test procedures and hand-over to the program for experiments. The early execution of the start-up of one bundle not only provides experimental capability two years before completion of the NIF Project, but its experience will be essential to complete this transition plan in a timely and cost effective way.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Defense Programs (DP)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-Eng-48
• OSTI ID: 7539
• Report Number(s): UCRL-JC-129271; DP0213000; ON: DE00007539
• Resource Relation: Conference: 1998 American Nuclear Society Annual Meeting, Nashville,TN, June 7-11, 1998
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION
US National Ignition Facility
Start-Up
Planning