Intense light-ion beams provide a robust, common-driver path towards ignition, gain and commercial fusion energy
Abstract
Intense light-ion beams are being developed for investigations of Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF). This effort has concentrated on developing the Particle Beam Fusion Accelerator II (PBFA-II) at Sandia as a driver for ICF target experiments, on design concepts for a high-yield, high-gain Laboratory Microfusion Facility (LMF), and on a comprehensive system study of a light-ion beam driven commercial fusion reactor (LIBRA). This paper reports on the status of design concepts and research in these areas.
- Publication:
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Presented at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Technical Committee Meeting on Drivers for Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF
- Pub Date:
- 1991
- Bibcode:
- 1991iaea.meet...15R
- Keywords:
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- Inertial Fusion (Reactor);
- Light Ions;
- Nuclear Reactors;
- Particle Accelerators;
- Particle Beams;
- Plasmas (Physics);
- Thermonuclear Reactions;
- Commercial Energy;
- Ignition;
- Plasma Physics