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The Nuclear Family: Empowering parents and caregivers
The Diversity and Inclusion in ANS Committee is hosting a webinar today to celebrate the contributions of parents in the nuclear industry while fostering diversity and inclusion within the community.
Register now: The webinar, from 1:00-2:00 pm ET, will highlight how the nuclear industry supports caregivers, new parents, and new mothers, and will focus on life transitions and parental responsibilities.
H. Huang, K. Engelhorn, K. Sequoia, A. Greenwood, W. Sweet, L. Carlson, F. Elsner, M. Farrell
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 73 | Number 2 | March 2018 | Pages 98-106
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2017.1387460
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The 100-Gbar Laser Direct Drive program calls for ablator capsules with no defects larger than 0.5 μm in lateral dimension and fewer than ten defects with lateral dimensions between 0.1 and 0.5 μm. Compared to laser indirect drive capsules, this represents > 10× reduction of defect length scale and >500× reduction in defect number density. This presents major challenges to both fabrication and metrology. In this paper, we will discuss the proof-of-principle work conducted at General Atomics to identify metrology techniques suitable for 100-Gbar target characterization. We present a detailed study of dark-field imaging, laser scatterometry, and environmental scanning electron microscopey. We identify dark-field imaging as the best approach for meeting the 100-Gbar metrology needs.