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Nuclear News 40 Under 40—2025
Last year, we proudly launched the inaugural Nuclear News 40 Under 40 list to shine a spotlight on the exceptional young professionals driving the nuclear sector forward as the nuclear community faces a dramatic generational shift. We weren’t sure how a second list would go over, but once again, our members resoundingly answered the call, confirming what we already knew: The nuclear community is bursting with vision, talent, and extraordinary dedication.
N. A. Hein, H. L. Wilkens, A. Nikroo, H.-C. B. Chen, H. H. Streckert, K. Quan, J. R. Wall, T. A. Fuller, M. R. Jackson, E. M. Giraldez, S. J. Price, R. J. Sohn, M. Stadermann
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 63 | Number 2 | March-April 2013 | Pages 218-225
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By making the hohlraum wall more opaque to the driver energy, the efficiency of X-ray conversion is improved with the addition of depleted uranium (DU) to a gold-only hohlraum [see T. J. Orzechowski et al., Phys. Rev. Lett., Vol. 77, p. 3545 (1996)]. The National Ignition Facility (NIF) point design for ignition requires a DU hohlraum, which is manufactured by General Atomics. The process of creating a hohlraum with multiple layers presents manufacturing challenges. To produce these components many steps are required. The processes for manufacturing an Au-lined DU hohlraum requires single-point diamond turning, sputter deposition, electroplating, chemical etch, and cleaning. These steps combined make a process that yields a fully intact Au-DU layered NIF ignition hohlraum.