Overview of Recent Tritium Target Filling, Layering, and Material Testing at Los Alamos National Laboratory in Support of Inertial Fusion Experiments

The Tritium Science and Engineering (AET-3) Group at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) performs a variety of activities to support Inertial Fusion (IF) research - both to further fundamental fusion science and to develop technologies in support of Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE) power generation. I...

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Published in:Fusion science and technology 2008-08, Vol.54 (2), p.375-378
Main Authors: Ebey, Peter S., Dole, James M., Geller, Drew A., Hoffer, James K., Morris, John, Nobile, Arthur, Schoonover, Jon R., Wilson, Doug, Bonino, Mark, Harding, David, Sangster, Craig, Shmayda, Walter, Nikroo, Abbas, Sheliak, John D., Burmann, John, Cook, Bob, Letts, Steve, Sanchez, Jorge
Format: Article
Language:English
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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
CRYOGENICS
DEUTERIUM
ELECTRIC POWER
GLASS
ICF DEVICES
IMPLOSIONS
INERTIAL CONFINEMENT
INERTIAL FUSION DRIVERS
LANL
LASERS
LAYERS
LOS ALAMOS
MATERIALS TESTING
POWER GENERATION
POWER PLANTS
SHELLS
SOLIDS
TRITIUM
TRITIUM TARGET
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Summary:The Tritium Science and Engineering (AET-3) Group at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) performs a variety of activities to support Inertial Fusion (IF) research - both to further fundamental fusion science and to develop technologies in support of Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE) power generation. Inertial fusion ignition target designs have a smooth spherical shell of cryogenic Deuterium-Tritium (DT) solid contained within a metal or plastic shell that is a few mm in diameter. Fusion is attained by imploding these shells under the symmetric application of energy beams. For IFE targets the DT solid must also survive the process of injecting it into the power plant reactor. Non-ignition IF targets often require a non-cryogenic DT gas fill of a glass or polymeric shell. In this paper an overview will be given of recent LANL activities to study cryogenic DT layering, observe tritium exposure effects on IF relevant materials, and fill targets in support of IF implosion experiments.
ISSN:1536-1055
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DOI:10.13182/FST08-A1834