Z-Pinch/X-Pinch worldwide Installations
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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
- Universities With Pulsed Power Related Research [1]
Worldwide Installations able to produce ICF
- National_Ignition_Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory [2]
- Laser_Megajoule in Bordeaux, France [3]
Z-Pinch/X-Pinch worldwide Installations
- Sandia National Laboratories, Z machine (1996), 18 MA 100ns [4]
- Sandia National Laboratories, ZR (Refurbished) (2006), 27 MA, 95ns
- Sandia National Laboratories, future ZN (Z Neutron), 20 and 30 MJ per short
- Sandia National Laboratories, future Z-IFE (Z-inertial fusion energy), 70 MA, 1 PetaWatt
- Sandia National Laboratories, SATURN, 8 MA
- Cornell University, USA: COBRA, 1 MA, 95-180 ns [5]
- Cornell University, USA: XP Pulser, 450 kA, 50 ns [6]
- University of Nevada, Reno: Zebra, 1MA, 100ns [7]
- University of California, San Diego: GenASIS, 210 kA, 150 ns [8]
- University of California, San Diego: X-Pinch Pulser, 80 kA, 50 ns [9]
- University of Michigan, USA: MAIZE, 1 MA, 100 ns [10]
- Florida A&M University: X Pinch system
- Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile: Llampüdkeñ, 400 kA, 260 ns
- Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile: GEPOPU, 180 kA, 120 ns
- Imperial College, London: MAGPIE, 1.4 MA, 240 ns [11]
- Imperial College, London: Table-top X-pinch, 40 kA, 30ns
- France?: PIAF, 250 kA, 180 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
- Beijing, China: Table Top, 100 kA, 60 ns, 2m x 1.1m x 1.2m
- TRINITI, Russia: ANGARA-5-1, 4 MA, 100 ns [12]
- Institute of High Current Electronics, Russia: Compact Pulse Generator, 300 kA, 200 ns, 70 kg
- Institute of High Current Electronics, Russia: Compact submicrosecond, high current generator, 650 kA, 390 ns