Tritium inventory of inertial fusion energy target fabrication facilities: Effect of foam density and consideration of target yield of direct drive targets

Fusion Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 217-229

  Schwendt, Ana M ^a   Nobile, Arthur ^a   Gobby, Peter L ^a   Steckle Jr , Warren P ^a   Colombant, Denis G ^b   Sethian, John D ^b   Goodin, Daniel Thomas ^c   Besenbruch, Gottfried Ernst Alfred ^c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

Author keywords

IFE targets; Target filling; Tritium inventory

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM; TARGETS; TEMPERATURE; TRITIUM;

DEUTERIUM-TRITIUM ICE LAYERING TIME; FILL SYSTEM VOID FRACTION; FOAM DENSITY; INERTIAL FUSION ENERGY;

INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION;

EID: 0012543405     PISSN: 15361055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST03-A262     Document Type: Article

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