Getting beyond unity fusion ‘fuel-gain’ in an inertially confined fusion implosion

Author

Hurricane, O.A. ; Amendt, P. ; Benedetti, L.R. ; Bond, E. ; Bradley, D. ; Caggiano, J. ; Callahan, D.A. ; Casey, D.T. ; Clark, D. ; Dewald, E.L. ; Dittrich, T.R. ; Doeppner, T. ; Divol, L. ; Dixit, S. ; Edgell, D. ; Edwards, M.J. ; Fittinghoff, D. ; Frenj

Author_Institution

Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., Livermore, CA, USA

fYear

2015

fDate

10-15 May 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

In this talk, we will discuss the progress towards ignition on the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in Northern California. We will cover the some of the setbacks encountered during the progress of the research at NIF, but also cover the great advances that have been made including the achievements of greater than unity fusion `fuel gain´ and alpha-heating dominated fusion plasmas. The research strategy for the future will also be discussed.

Keywords

fusion reactor fuel; fusion reactor ignition; plasma heating; plasma inertial confinement; LLNL; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; NIF research; National Ignition Facility; alpha-heating dominated fusion plasma; fusion fuel-gain unity; inertially confined fusion implosion; Cities and towns; Fuels; Hurricanes; Ignition; Kinetic energy; Plasmas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Type

conf

Filename

7183142