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==Worldwide X/Z-Pinch Installation== | ==Worldwide X/Z-Pinch Installation== | ||
| + | *MAGPIE (Mega Ampere Generator for Plasma Implosion Experiments) at Imperial College London | ||
| + | **1.4 MA, 240 ns | ||
Revision as of 22:22, 6 February 2013
Nuclear_fusion
Magnetic_confinement_fusion
Inertial_confinement_fusion (ICF)
Schematic of the stages of inertial confinement fusion using lasers. The blue arrows represent radiation; orange is blowoff; purple is inwardly transported thermal energy.
- Laser beams or laser-produced X-rays rapidly heat the surface of the fusion target, forming a surrounding plasma envelope.
- Fuel is compressed by the rocket-like blowoff of the hot surface material.
- During the final part of the capsule implosion, the fuel core reaches 20 times the density of lead and ignites at 100,000,000 ˚C.
- Thermonuclear burn spreads rapidly through the compressed fuel, yielding many times the input energy.
Worldwide Installations able to produce ICF
- National_Ignition_Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Laser_Megajoule in Bordeaux, France
- Z machine at the Sandia National Laboratories
- 1996 Z machine: 18 MA 100ns
- 2006 ZR (Refurbished): 27MA 95ns
- planned ZN (Z Neutron): 20 and 30 MJ per short
- planned Z-IFE (Z-inertial fusion energy): 70MA 1 petawatt
- fact: As of 2012 Fusion shot simulations at 60 to 70 million amperes are showing a 100 to 1000 fold return on input energy
Worldwide X/Z-Pinch Installation
- MAGPIE (Mega Ampere Generator for Plasma Implosion Experiments) at Imperial College London
- 1.4 MA, 240 ns