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The American Nuclear Society is now accepting applications for knowledge managers to work during the 2024 Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo. This year’s UWC, “Nuclear Momentum: Advancing Our Clean Energy Future,” will be held August 4–7, 2024, at the JW Marriott Marco Island Beach Resort on Marco Island, Fla.=
Gary E. Rochau, Jerome A. Hands, Paul S. Raglin, Juan J. Ramirez
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 34 | Number 3 | November 1998 | Pages 825-830
Inertial Fusion Technology | doi.org/10.13182/FST98-A11963715
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The X-1 Advanced Radiation Source, which will produce −16 MJ in x-rays, represents the next step in providing U.S. Department of Energy's Stockpile Stewardship Program with the high-energy, large volume, laboratory x-ray sources needed for the Radiation Effects Science and Simulation (RES), Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF), and Weapon Physics (WP) Programs. Analytical scaling arguments and hydrodynamic simulations indicate that X-1 will have the capability to heat hohlraums at temperatures of 230–300 eV to ignite thermonuclear fuel and drive the reaction to a high radiation yield of 200 to 1000 MJ in the laboratory. This paper will introduce the X-1 Advanced Radiation Source Facility Project, describe the systems analysis and engineering approach being used, and identify critical technology areas being researched.