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Sometimes, cops and robbers is more than just a kid’s game. At the Department of Energy’s national laboratories, researchers are channeling their inner saboteurs to discover vulnerabilities in next-generation nuclear reactors, making sure that they’re as safe as possible before they’re even constructed.
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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 49 | Number 4 | May 2006 | Pages 642-645
Technical Paper | Target Fabrication | doi.org/10.13182/FST49-642
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We have developed a mathematical algorithm to reconstruct the entire ICF shell surface to 10 nm accuracy. Mode 0 and 1 information is inherently missing in the Spheremapper measurements and must be retrieved systematically by minimizing the radius discrepancy at trace intersections. The R(,) map with 1 deg. angular resolution can be constructed by this method to give the target designer a way to model implosions, to give the process engineer feedback and to give the customer a tool for product visualization