Inertial Fusion Energy Studies on an Earth Simulator-Class Computer

Friedman, A ; Stephens, R

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

关键词: Thermonuclear Reactors;    Thermonuclear Fuels;    Computers;    Magnetic Confinement;    Particle Beams;   

DOI  :  10.2172/15002127
RP-ID  :  UCRL-ID-149693
RP-ID  :  W-7405-ENG-48
RP-ID  :  15002127

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The U.S. is developing fusion energy based on inertial confinement of the burning fusion fuel, as a complement to the magnetic confinement approach. DOE's Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE) program within the Office of Fusion Energy Sciences (OFES) is coordinated with, and gains leverage from, the much larger Inertial Confinement Fusion program of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Advanced plasma and particle beam simulations play a major role in the IFE effort, and the program is well poised to benefit from an Earth Simulator-class resource. Progress in all key physics areas of IFE, including heavy-ion ''drivers'' which impart the energy to the fusion fuel, the targets for both ion- and laser-driven approaches, and an advanced concept known as fast ignition, would be dramatically accelerated by an Earth Simulator-class resource.