500,000 Targets Per Day: A Challenging Scaleup for IFE
Abstract
Resolving the feasibility issues associated with target fabrication and injection is essential for the attractiveness of Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE). The US target technology program is developing unique materials science, chemistry, and manufacturing methods to demonstrate a credible pathway to a reliable and economical target supply. Methodologies being developed include microencapsulation for foam capsules, thin metal coatings, cryogenic fluidized beds for DT layering, and injection/tracking of targets. Thermo-mechanical models for cryogenic behavior and cost analysis models for production are also being developed. New data being acquired include the properties and response of cryogenic DT under IFE conditions. An overview of progress in the target development program and a discussion of the unique materials science issues associated with fueling of an IFE power system are presented.
- Publication:
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APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- November 2004
- Bibcode:
- 2004APS..DPPCM2005G