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Fabrication of ICF reactor targets based on symmetrization of solid fuel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

Larry R. Foreman  and
James K. Hoffer
Larry R. Foreman
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National LaboratoryP.O. Box 1663, Los AlamosNew Mexico 87545 USA
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Abstract

Tritium self-heats at a rate of 97 W/mole because of its β activity. This energy drives preferential sublimation of solid T2 or DT from regions where a layer is thicker and warmer to regions where the layer is thinner and colder. A frozen tritium layer inside an isothermal container approaches isotropy exponentially with a time constant as short as 14.4 minutes. Targets Isotropized by Radioactively Induced Sublimation (IRIS) and sized for an ICF reactor demonstrate high gain and offer real fabrication advantages.

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Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 8 , Issue 1-2 , January 1990 , pp. 197 - 201
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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