Assessment of Inertial Confinement Fusion Targets Contributor(s): National Research Council (Author), Division on Engineering and Physical Sci (Author), Board on Energy and Environmental System (Author) |
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ISBN: 0309270626 ISBN-13: 9780309270625 Publisher: National Academies Press OUR PRICE: $42.75 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2013 |
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BISAC Categories: - Science | Energy - Technology & Engineering | Power Resources - Nuclear - Technology & Engineering | Construction - General |
Dewey: 621.484 |
LCCN: 2013444410 |
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 6.9" W x 9.8" (0.60 lbs) 118 pages |
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Publisher Description: In the fall of 2010, the Office of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Secretary for Science asked for a National Research Council (NRC) committee to investigate the prospects for generating power using inertial confinement fusion (ICF) concepts, acknowledging that a key test of viability for this concept--ignition --could be demonstrated at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in the relatively near term. The committee was asked to provide an unclassified report. However, DOE indicated that to fully assess this topic, the committee's deliberations would have to be informed by the results of some classified experiments and information, particularly in the area of ICF targets and nonproliferation. Thus, the Panel on the Assessment of Inertial Confinement Fusion Targets (the panel) was assembled, composed of experts able to access the needed information. The panel was charged with advising the Committee on the Prospects for Inertial Confinement Fusion Energy Systems on these issues, both by internal discussion and by this unclassified report.
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