A review of the U.S. Department of Energy's Inertial Fusion Energy program

Rulon Linford; Riccardo Betti; Jill Dahlburg; James Asay; Michael Campbell; Phillip Colella; Jeffrey Freidberg; Jeremy Goodman; David Hammer; Joseph Hoagland; Steve Jardin; John Lindl; Grant Logan; Keith Matzen; Gerald Navratil; Arthur Nobile; John Sethian; John Sheffield; Mark Tillack; Jon Weisheit

doi:10.1023/B:JOFE.0000036408.11067.cd

A review of the U.S. Department of Energy's Inertial Fusion Energy program

Rulon Linford
, Riccardo Betti
, Jill Dahlburg
, James Asay
, Michael Campbell
, Phillip Colella
, Jeffrey Freidberg
, Jeremy Goodman
, David Hammer
, Joseph Hoagland
, Steve Jardin
, John Lindl
, Grant Logan
, Keith Matzen
, Gerald Navratil
, Arthur Nobile
, John Sethian
, John Sheffield
, Mark Tillack
, Jon Weisheit

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Abstract

This is the final report of a panel set up by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (FESAC) in response to a charge letter from Dr. Ray Orbach (Appendix A). In that letter, Dr. Orbach asked FESAC for "an assessment of the present status of" inertial fusion energy (IFE) research carried out in contributing programs. These programs include the heavy ion (HI) beam, the high average power laser (HAPL), and Z-Pinch drivers and associated technologies, including fast ignition (FI). This report, presented to FESAC on March 29, 2004, and subsequently approved by them (Appendix B), presents FESAC's response to that charge.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	93-126
Number of pages	34
Journal	Journal of Fusion Energy
Volume	22
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JOFE.0000036408.11067.cd
State	Published - Jun 2003

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Nuclear Energy and Engineering

Keywords

Fusion energy
Inertial confinement fusion

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Linford, R., Betti, R., Dahlburg, J., Asay, J., Campbell, M., Colella, P., Freidberg, J., Goodman, J., Hammer, D., Hoagland, J., Jardin, S., Lindl, J., Logan, G., Matzen, K., Navratil, G., Nobile, A., Sethian, J., Sheffield, J., Tillack, M., & Weisheit, J. (2003). A review of the U.S. Department of Energy's Inertial Fusion Energy program. Journal of Fusion Energy, 22(2), 93-126. https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JOFE.0000036408.11067.cd

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