X-1: the challenge of high fusion yield

Author

Cook, D.L. ; Ramirez, J.J. ; Raglin, P.S. ; Rochau, G.E. ; Matzen, M.K. ; Leeper, R.J. ; Porter, J.L. ; Olson, R.E. ; McDaniel, D.H. ; Spielman, R.B. ; Deeney, C. ; Quintenz, J.P. ; Peterson, R.R.

Author_Institution

Sandia Nat. Labs., Albuquerque, NM, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

6/20/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

171

Abstract

In the past three years, tremendous strides have been made in X-ray production using high-current Z-pinches. Today, the X-ray energy and power output of the Z accelerator (formerly PBFA II) is the largest available in the laboratory. These Z-pinch X-ray sources have great potential to drive high-yield inertial confinement fusion (ICF) reactions at affordable cost if several challenging technical problems can be overcome. Technical challenges in three key areas are discussed in this paper: the design of a target for high yield, the development of a suitable pulsed power driver, and the design of a target chamber capable of containing the high fusion yield

Keywords

X-ray production; Z pinch; fusion reactor design; fusion reactor reaction chamber; fusion reactor targets; particle beam fusion accelerators; plasma inertial confinement; pulsed power technology; ICF; X-1 accelerator; X-ray production; Z accelerator; high fusion yield; high-current Z-pinches; inertial confinement fusion; pulsed power driver; target chamber design; Acceleration; Costs; Fusion power generation; Inertial confinement; Laboratories; Power generation; Production; Saturn; Space vector pulse width modulation; Temperature distribution;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

High-Power Particle Beams, 1998. BEAMS '98. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Haifa

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4287-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BEAMS.1998.822409

Filename

822409