NIF Ignition

Abstract

JASON was asked by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to assess the plan and prospects for achieving inertial confinement fusion (ICF) ignition at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) by 2010, including the use of beryllium targets.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA438778

Entities

People

  • David Hammer
  • Douglas Eardley
  • Henry Abarbanel
  • John Cornwall
  • Jonathan Katz
  • Lars Bildsten
  • Raymond Jeanloz
  • Russ Hemley
  • Stanley Flatte
  • Will Happer

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Simulations
  • Construction
  • Equations Of State
  • Fabrication
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Laser Beams
  • Lasers
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials Science
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Molecular Dynamics
  • Scattering
  • Three Dimensional
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.