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


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 worldwide Installations

  • Sandia National Laboratories, Z machine (1996): 18 MA 100 ns [3]
  • Sandia National Laboratories, ZR (Refurbished) (2006): 27 MA, 95 ns
  • 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


  • 27 MA, 95 ns, ZR at Sandia National Laboratories [4]
  • 4 MA, 100 ns, ANGARA-5-1 at TRINITI, Russia [5]
  • 1.4 MA, 240 ns, MAGPIE at Imperial College, London, [6]
  • 1 MA, 100 ns, Gamble II at Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC, USA,
  • 1 MA, 95-180 ns, COBRA at Cornell University, [7]
  • 1.2 MA, 90 ns, Zebra at University of Nevada, [8]
  • University of Michigan, MAIZE: 1 MA, 100 ns [9]
  • Xi'an, China, QiangGuang-1: 1 MA, 50 ns
  • Institute of High Current Electronics, Tomsk, Compact submicrosecond, high current generator: 650 kA, 390 ns
  • Florida A&M University, CePaST X-Pinch System: 500 kA, 1.3 us [10]
  • Cornell University, XP Pulser: 450 kA, 50 ns [11]
  • Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Llampüdkeñ: 400 kA, 250 ns
  • Beijing, China, PPG-1: 400 kA, 100 ns

Small Compact Z-Pinch/X-Pinch worldwide Installations (<300 kA)

  • University of California, San Diego, GenASIS: 210 kA, 150 ns [12]
  • University of California, San Diego: X-Pinch Pulser: 80 kA, 50 ns [13]
  • Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, GEPOPU: 180 kA, 120 ns
  • Imperial College, London: 320 kA, 1.2 us
  • Imperial College, London: Table-top X-pinch: 40 kA, 30 ns
  • Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France, LC: 200 kA, 200 ns
  • France?, PIAF: 250 kA, 180 ns
  • CIAE, China, Light II-A: 200 kA
  • Beijing, China, Table Top: 100 kA, 60 ns, 2m x 1.1m x 1.2m
  • Institute of High Current Electronics, Tomsk, Compact Pulse Generator: 300 kA, 200 ns, 70 kg
  • P.N.Lebedev Institute, Moscow, Bin: 270 kA, 100 ns
  • P.N.Lebedev Institute, Moscow, Don: 150 kA, 30 ns
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