Effect of Positive Polarity in an Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion Device: Electron Confinement, X-ray Production, and Radiography

UWFDM-1202 Embedded D-3He Fusion Reactions and Medical Isotope Production in an Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Device

The high-energy 14.7 MeV protons generated from the D-3 He fusion reaction can be used to produce medical radioisotopes. Steady-state D-3 He operation is possible using Inertial Electrostatic Confinement (IEC); however, the location of the reactions must be known to use them effectively for isotope production. In the University of Wisconsin IEC device, it has been found that as much as 2/3 of t...

Inverse Braking Radiation and Resonance Absorption in Corona Plasmas of Inertial Confinement Fusion

Abstract: In this paper, combining the Maxwell equations with the electron balanceequation, we obtain the inverse braking radiation absorption coefficient in a laser fusioncorona plasma. For a fixed plasma temperature, variations of the absorption coefficientversus the penetration depth into the plasma are illustrated numerically for differentvalues of laser wavelength. ...

Electron-Ion Temperature Relaxation Models for Inertial Confinement Fusion

Production of Hollow Microspheres for Inertial Confinement Fusion Experiments

The targets used in inertial confinement fusion (ICF) experiments at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are plastic capsules roughly 0.5 mm in diameter. The capsules, which typically have wall thicknesses from 20 to 60 p, must possess extraordinary symmetry and concentricity and must have surface finishes of less than 1000 A peak-to-valley variation over surface contours of from 10 to 1...

Design of an Actively Cooled Grid System to Improve Efficiency in Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion Reactors