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Cryogenic systems for inertial fusion energy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2008

D. Chatain ,
J.P. Périn ,
P. Bonnay ,
E. Bouleau ,
M. Chichoux ,
D. Communal ,
J. Manzagol ,
F. Viargues ,
D. Brisset  and
V. Lamaison
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D. Chatain*
Affiliation:
C.E.A. Grenoble, Département de Recherche Fondamentale sur la Matière Condensée/SBT, Grenoble Cédex, France
J.P. Périn
Affiliation:
C.E.A. Grenoble, Département de Recherche Fondamentale sur la Matière Condensée/SBT, Grenoble Cédex, France
P. Bonnay
Affiliation:
C.E.A. Grenoble, Département de Recherche Fondamentale sur la Matière Condensée/SBT, Grenoble Cédex, France
E. Bouleau
Affiliation:
C.E.A. Grenoble, Département de Recherche Fondamentale sur la Matière Condensée/SBT, Grenoble Cédex, France
M. Chichoux
Affiliation:
C.E.A. Grenoble, Département de Recherche Fondamentale sur la Matière Condensée/SBT, Grenoble Cédex, France
D. Communal
Affiliation:
C.E.A. Grenoble, Département de Recherche Fondamentale sur la Matière Condensée/SBT, Grenoble Cédex, France
J. Manzagol
Affiliation:
C.E.A. Grenoble, Département de Recherche Fondamentale sur la Matière Condensée/SBT, Grenoble Cédex, France
F. Viargues
Affiliation:
C.E.A. Grenoble, Département de Recherche Fondamentale sur la Matière Condensée/SBT, Grenoble Cédex, France
D. Brisset
Affiliation:
CEA/CESTA, Département des Lasers de Puissance/SEM, Le Barp, France
V. Lamaison
Affiliation:
CEA/CESTA, Département des Lasers de Puissance/SEM, Le Barp, France
G. Paquignon
Affiliation:
CEA/CESTA, Département des Lasers de Puissance/SEM, Le Barp, France
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Address correspondence and reprint requests to: D. Chatain, C.E.A. Grenoble, Département de Recherche Fondamentale sur la Matière Condensée/SBT, 17, rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble Cédex 9, France. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

The Low Temperatures Laboratory of CEA/Grenoble (France) is involved in the development of cryogenic systems for inertial fusion since a ten of years. A conceptual design for the cryogenic infrastructure of the Laser MegaJoule (LMJ) facility has been proposed. Several prototypes have been designed, built and tested like for example the 1500 bars cryo compressor for the targets filling, the target positioner and the thermal shroud remover.

The HIPER project will necessitate the development of such equipments. The main difference is that this time, the cryogenic targets are direct drive targets. The first phase of HIPER experiments is a single shot period. Based on the experience gained the last years, not only by our laboratory but also by Omega and G.A teams, we could design the new HIPER equipments for this phase.

Some experimental results obtained with the prototypes of the LMJ cryogenic system are given and a first conceptual design for the HIPER single shot cryogenic system is shown.

Keywords

Cryogenic systemLaser megajouleHIPER
Type
Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 26 , Issue 4 , December 2008 , pp. 517 - 523
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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