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[[File:740px-Inertial confinement fusion.svg.png]]
 
[[File:740px-Inertial confinement fusion.svg.png]]
Schematic of the stages of inertial confinement fusion using lasers. The blue arrows represent radiation; orange is blowoff; purple is inwardly transported thermal energy.
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1. Laser beams or laser-produced X-rays rapidly heat the surface of the fusion target, forming a surrounding plasma envelope.
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Schematic of the stages of inertial confinement fusion using lasers. The blue arrows represent radiation;
2. Fuel is compressed by the rocket-like blowoff of the hot surface material.
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orange is blowoff; purple is inwardly transported thermal energy.
3. 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.
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4. Thermonuclear burn spreads rapidly through the compressed fuel, yielding many times the input energy.
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& Laser beams or laser-produced X-rays rapidly heat the surface of the fusion target, forming a surrounding plasma envelope.
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& Fuel is compressed by the rocket-like blowoff of the hot surface material.
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& 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.
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& Thermonuclear burn spreads rapidly through the compressed fuel, yielding many times the input energy.
  
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z_machine Z machine in Sandia National Laboratories]
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z_machine Z machine in Sandia National Laboratories]

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740px-Inertial confinement fusion.svg.png

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.

  • Z machine in 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


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