Abstract :
Summary form only given, as follows. x-ray radiation for inertial confinement fusion (ICF). An x-ray yield of 10 MJ is believed sufficient to drive spherical implosions of ICF targets. Current-driven wire-liner implosion under the action of a 50-MA, 150-ns current pulse is considered as the approach for proper x-ray production. To generate such a current pulse, the approach based on the application of large motor generators and inductive storage to accumulate sufficient energy is developed. The Baikal project is based on application of energy, which can be accumulated in large motor generators and the inductive stores of energy developed and built at previous time in TRINITI. The accumulated electric energy is transformed into a current pulse whose parameters are adequate for the desired wire liner implosion by means of several subsequent temporal compressions. The given project is developed by cooperation of several institutes including the Kurchatov Institute, TRINITI, the Efremov Institute and the VNIITF. powerful electrical pulse, the experimental installation named "MOL" is under construction as the prototype of one module in the multi module Baikal project. In the process of designing and fabricating the prototype, several devices have to be developed, such as: For investigation .of the scheme and the elements of electrical circuit for generation of explosive and fuse opening switches for current - 100 kA and IMA; inductive storage with current multiplication rate - 30; non explosive magnetic field compressor; and plasma opening switches for multi MA current scale. In addition, appropriate physics issues need to be resolved. These tasks are experimentally investigated by scientific cooperation of the institutions mentioned above. As result of this investigation, the a prototype of desired devices is designed, and the pulsed power generator "MOL," with output current 1.7 MA, output voltage 4.5 MV and output pulse duration150 ns is under construction at TRINITI.
