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Inertial fusion experiments and theory
- Source :
- Nuclear Fusion. 51:094004
- Publication Year :
- 2011
- Publisher :
- IOP Publishing, 2011.
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Abstract
- Inertial fusion research is approaching a critical milestone, namely the demonstration of ignition and burn. The world's largest high-power laser, the National Ignition Facility (NIF), is under operation at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), in the USA. Another ignition machine, Laser Mega Joule (LMJ), is under construction at the CEA/CESTA research centre in France. In relation to the National Ignition Campaign (NIC) at LLNL, worldwide studies on inertial fusion applications to energy production are growing. Advanced ignition schemes such as fast ignition, shock ignition and impact ignition, and the inertial fusion energy (IFE) technology are under development. In particular, the Fast Ignition Realization Experiment (FIREX) at the Institute of Laser Engineering (ILE), Osaka University, and the OMEGA-EP project at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE), University Rochester, and the HiPER project in the European Union (EU) for fast ignition and shock ignition are progressing. The IFE technology research and development are advanced in the frameworks of the HiPER project in EU and the LIFE project in the USA. Laser technology developments in the USA, EU, Japan and Korea were major highlights in the IAEA FEC 2010. In this paper, the status and prospects of IFE science and technology are described.
- Subjects :
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Engineering
business.industry
Nuclear engineering
Fusion power
Condensed Matter Physics
law.invention
Ignition system
Laser technology
law
Research centre
HiPER
media_common.cataloged_instance
European union
National Ignition Facility
business
media_common
Laboratory for Laser Energetics
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Details
- ISSN :
- 17414326 and 00295515
- Volume :
- 51
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nuclear Fusion
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........92ee9e79f47c4c9033b2473b4b5413d6
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/51/9/094004