X-ray Worldwide facilities

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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 Installations able to produce ICF

• National_Ignition_Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory [1]
• Laser_Megajoule in Bordeaux, France [2]

Huge Z-Pinch/X-Pinch Installations

• Sandia National Laboratories, Z machine (1996), 18MA 100ns [3]
• Sandia National Laboratories, ZR (Refurbished) (2006), 27MA, 95ns
• Sandia National Laboratories, future ZN (Z Neutron), 20 and 30 MJ per short
• Sandia National Laboratories, future Z-IFE (Z-inertial fusion energy), 70MA, 1 PetaWatt
• Sandia National Laboratories, SATURN, 8MA
• ANGARA-5-1 (Russia) [4] 4 MA, 100 ns

Medium Z-Pinch/X-Pinch Installations

• Cornell University, USA, COBRA, 1 MA, 95-180 ns [5]
• Cornell University, USA, XP Pulser, 450 kA, 50 ns [6]
• Imperial College, London, MAGPIE, 1.4 MA, 240 ns [7]
• Imperial College, London, GEPOPU, 180 kA, 120 ns
• Xi'an, China, QiangGuang-1, 1 MA, 50 ns
• Beijing, China, PPG-1, 400 kA, 100 ns
• CIAE, China, Light II-A, 200 kA

Compact X-Pinch Devices

• University of California, Compact X-Pinch X-rau source, 80 kA, 40 ns
• Beijing, China, Table Top, 100 kA, 60 ns, 2m x 1.1m x 1.2m
• Institute High Current Electronics, Russia, Compact Pulse Generator, 300 kA, 200 ns, 70 kg
• France, PIAF, 250 kA, 180 ns
• France, Table-top X-pinch, 40 kA, 30ns