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Fusion energy: Progress, partnerships, and the path to deployment
Over the past decade, fusion energy has moved decisively from scientific aspiration toward a credible pathway to a new energy technology. Thanks to long-term federal support, we have significantly advanced our fundamental understanding of plasma physics—the behavior of the superheated gases at the heart of fusion devices. This knowledge will enable the creation and control of fusion fuel under conditions required for future power plants. Our progress is exemplified by breakthroughs at the National Ignition Facility and the Joint European Torus.
Denis E. Beller, Len J. Lorence, Michael T. Tobin
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 19 | Number 3 | May 1991 | Pages 770-774
Inertial Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A29438
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Major applications of the Laboratory Microfusion Facility (LMF) will include nuclear effects simulation testing and commercial development of inertial fusion. Recent studies of the use of the LMF for x-ray effects experiments have demonstrated that this testing is possible at high-dose and dose rate with good fidelity because neutron effects can be minimized. To insure a basis for comparison between design studies at Sandia National Laboratories Albuquerque (SNLA), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), and the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), we developed a computational benchmark. The benchmark geometry includes a spherical photon scatterer and a conical neutron shield, both of LiH enriched to 96.5% 6Li. The benchmark x-ray source is a 15-keV Plankian spectrum, and the neutron source is mono-energetic 14.1-MeV neutrons. We compared results with the following computer codes and cross section libraries: MORSE and DABL69 at AFIT, TART and ENDL at LLNL, and MCNP and ENDL at SNLA. We present a comparison of the predicted x-ray, neutron, and n-gamma doses at a 3-m distant, 2-m diameter exposure plane. We compare total doses and peak dose rates; and we discuss differences in results.