Inertial confinement fusion target component fabrication and technology development support: Annual report, October 1, 1997--September 30, 1998 Metadata

Title

• Main Title Inertial confinement fusion target component fabrication and technology development support: Annual report, October 1, 1997--September 30, 1998

Creator

• Editor: Gibson, J.
  Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

• Sponsor: United States. Department of Energy.
  Contributor Type: Organization
  Contributor Info: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)

Publisher

• Name: General Atomic Company
  Place of Publication: San Diego, California
  Additional Info: General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)

Date

• Creation: 1998-12-01

Language

• English

Description

• Content Description: During this period, General Atomics (GA) and their partner Schafer Corporation were assigned 17 formal tasks in support of the Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) program and its five laboratories. A portion of the effort on these tasks included providing direct ``On-site Support`` at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), and Sandia National Laboratory Albuquerque (SNLA). They fabricated and delivered over 1,200 hohlraum mandrels and numerous other micromachined components to LLNL, LANL, and SNLA. They produced more than 1,300 glass and plastic target capsules for LLNL, LANL, SNLA, and the University of Rochester/Laboratory for Laser Energetics (UR/LLE). They also delivered nearly 2,000 various target foils and films for Naval Research Lab (NRL) and UR/LLE in FY98. This report describes these target fabrication activities and the target fabrication and characterization development activities that made the deliveries possible. During FY98, great progress was made by the GA/Schafer-UR/LLE-LANL team in the design, procurement, installation, and testing of the OMEGA Cryogenic Target System (OCTS) that will field cryogenic targets on OMEGA. The design phase was concluded for all components of the OCTS and all major components were procured and nearly all were fabricated. Many of the components were assembled and tested, and some have been shipped to UR/LLE. The ICF program is anticipating experiments at the OMEGA laser and the National Ignition Facility (NIF) which will require targets containing cryogenic layered D{sub 2} or deuterium-tritium (DT) fuel. They are part of the National Cryogenic Target Program and support experiments at LLNL and LANL to generate and characterize cryogenic layers for these targets. They also contributed cryogenic support and developed concepts for NIF cryogenic targets. This report summarizes and documents the technical progress made on these tasks.
• Physical Description: [150] p.

Subject

• Keyword: Laser Targets
• STI Subject Categories: 70 Plasma Physics And Fusion
• Keyword: Thermonuclear Fuels
• Keyword: Omega Facility
• Keyword: Progress Report
• Keyword: Performance Testing
• Keyword: Us National Ignition Facility
• Keyword: Design
• Keyword: Inertial Confinement
• Keyword: Fabrication
• Keyword: Cryogenics

Source

• Other Information: PBD: Dec 1998

Collection

• Name: Office of Scientific & Technical Information Technical Reports
  Code: OSTI

Institution

• Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
  Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

• Report

Format

• Text

Identifier

• Other: DE99001321
• Report No.: GA-A--22995
• Grant Number: AC03-95SF20732
• DOI: 10.2172/304140
• Office of Scientific & Technical Information Report Number: 304140
• Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc683114

Note

• Display Note: INIS; OSTI as DE99001321