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NRC Study on Prospects for Inertial Confinement Fusion Energy Systems

NRC Study on Prospects for Inertial Confinement Fusion Energy Systems. Presentation at Fusion Power Associates Annual Meeting December 1, 2010 David Lang, Study Director. Origin of the Study. DOE Science, NNSA, & NE Want guidance on long-term roadmap for an IFE system

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NRC Study on Prospects for Inertial Confinement Fusion Energy Systems

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  1. NRC Study on Prospects for Inertial Confinement Fusion Energy Systems Presentation at Fusion Power Associates Annual Meeting December 1, 2010 David Lang, Study Director

  2. Origin of the Study • DOE Science, NNSA, & NE • Want guidance on long-term roadmap for an IFE system • Interim report to inform near-term direction • DOE supporting the study D. Lang

  3. Structure • Main Committee • Writes interim and final reports • 21 experts from many fields • Provides parameters to ICF Target Physics Panel • ICF Target Physics Panel • 6 experts in target physics, chair will report to Committee • Access to classified information • Reports to Committee via regular internal progress reports and other means D. Lang

  4. Statement of Task (1) • The [main] committee will prepare a report that will: • Assess the prospects for generating power using inertial confinement fusion; • Identify scientific and engineering challenges, cost targets, and R&D objectives associated with developing an IFE demonstration plant; and • Advise the U.S. Department of Energy on its development of an R&D roadmap aimed at creating a conceptual design for an inertial fusion energy demonstration plant. • The Committee will also prepare an interim report. D. Lang

  5. Statement of Task (2) • ICF Target Physics Panel • Access to classified information • Will inform the main Committee on target physics issues • “Assess the current performance of various fusion target technologies. Describe the R&D challenges to providing suitable targets on the basis of parameters established and provided by the Committee.” D. Lang

  6. Committee membership: • Charles Baker, UCSD, ret. • Roger Bangerter, LBNL, ret. • Riccardo Betti, U. Rochester • Jan Beyea, CiPI • Robert Byer, Stanford • Franklin Chang-Diaz, Ad Astra Rocket Co. • Steven Cowley, UK AEA • *Ronald Davidson, Princeton • David Hammer, Cornell • Joseph Hezir, EOP Group • *Gerald Kulcinski, U. Wisconsin • Kathryn McCarthy, INL • Lawrence Papay, PQR LLC • Kenneth Schultz, General Atomics • Andrew Sessler, LBNL • John Sheffield, U. Tennessee • Thomas Tombrello, Caltech • Dennis Whyte, MIT • Jonathan Wurtele, UC Berkeley • Rosa Yang, EPRI • Adrian Zaccaria, Bechtel * Co-Chair D. Lang

  7. Panel membership • We envision expertise in these fields to be present: • target physics • plasma physics • ICF physics • materials science & chemical engineering • computational physics • analytical codes D. Lang

  8. Notional Schedule • 2010 Dec 16-17 in Washington, DC: 1st cmte meeting • 2011 Panel and further cmte meetings Summer: interim report issued • 2012 Spring/Summer: prepub version of report released D. Lang

  9. Thank you http://sites.nationalacademies.org/BPA/BPA_058425 D. Lang

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