Fusion energy in an inertial electrostatic confinement device using a magnetically shielded grid

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

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...

UWFDM-1226 The Fusion of Advanced Fuels to Produce Medical Isotopes Using Inertial Electrostatic Confinement

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One Dimensional Simulation of an Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion at Low Gas Pressure Operation

Advantages of KrF Lasers for Inertial Confinement Fusion Energy

Advanced concepts for direct drive inertial confinement fusion (ICF) have emerged that may lead to sufficient gain for the energy application (g>140) at laser driver energies as low as 1 megajoule. For example, recent “shock ignition” designs compress low aspect ratio pellets then apply a final high intensity spike pulse (10 16 W/cm 2 ) to ignite the fuel via a converging shock wave. These anal...