UCB ICF Target-Chamber Research
IFE: A Tutorial on the Technology and Economics
D-T Fusion: What is it?
How ICF targets work
Drivers for Inertial Fusion Energy
Target Chambers for Inertial Fusion Energy
The Economics of IFE
ICF References
ICF Links
ICF Glossary
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ICF Links
University of California, Berkeley
The Department of Energy Office of Fusion Energy Science home page provides a comprehensive list of links to fusion related sites. The list below provides a partial compilation of sites with direct importance to inertial confinement fusion.
Government
- National Ignition Facility - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is a major national center for inertial confinement fusion research, and is home to the new National Ignition Facility. LLNL also has additional science and technology educational material on fusion and lasers, including an excellent virtual tour of the Nova laser.
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Virtual National Laboratory for Heavy-Ion Fusion (HIF-VNL)
Home page for this collaboration, which presently involves Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), and Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.
- Sandia National Laboratory
SNL's recent progress with Z-pinch pulsed power on the Z-machine, to produce high x-ray power, gives promise that a larger machine dubbed X-1 could produce sufficient x-ray energy to drive high-yield (200 - 1000 MJ) ICF targets. While pulsed power machines can not drive energy production, such facilities can tolerate large amounts of debris and shrapnel and provide useful research tools to study the coupling between target chambers and drivers.
- Department of Energy, Office of Fusion Energy Science
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fusion Energy Science is charged with developing the knowledge base needed for an economically and environmentally attractive fusion energy source, supporting research for a variety of approaches including ICF.
- Department of Energy, Office of Inertial Fusion
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Inertial Fusion is currently the primary source of funding for ICF research in the United States, primarily to support the Stockpile Stewardship mission.
Academic
Industry
- General Atomics
General Atomics has performed research and technology development in the fusion field for many years. Their ICF program is responsible for target development and fabrication for the major U.S. ICF fusion facilities.
Nongovernmental Organizations
- Fusion Power Associates
The Fusion Power Associates advocates research and technology development for all of the fusion energy alternatives.
- National Research Council
An agency of the National Academy of Sciences, the NRC has periodically reviewed the DOE Inertial Confinement Fusion Program.
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