Recent pulsed power activities at Institute for Plasma Research, India

Summary form only given, as follows. The Pulsed Power Group at IPR is involved in the study of pulsed power driven concepts for inertial type fusion schemes & other industrial applications. In particular we are interested in exploring the concept of magnetized target fusion & in developing a soft X-ray source, based on wire array implosion. For this purpose two capacitor banks are being developed at IPR. The first is a 114 kJ, 40 kV capacitor bank. This bank, capable of delivering currents up to 30 million amperes is to become operational shortly.