LEADER 05136nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910973549003321 005 20251116140847.0 010 $a9786610191420 010 $a9781280191428 010 $a1280191422 010 $a9780309590464 010 $a0309590469 010 $a9780585193663 010 $a0585193665 035 $a(CKB)110986584752036 035 $a(OCoLC)45733508 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10055570 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000237566 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11924861 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000237566 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10191536 035 $a(PQKB)10551533 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3376383 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10055570 035 $a(OCoLC)923263146 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3376383 035 $a(Perlego)4738162 035 $a(EXLCZ)99110986584752036 100 $a19971030d1997 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReview of the Department of Energy's inertial confinement fusion program $ethe National Ignition Facility /$fCommittee for the Review of the Department of Energy's Inertial Confinement Fusion Program, Commission of Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, National Research Council 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cNational Academy Press $cCopies available from Naval Studies Board$d1997 215 $a1 online resource (63 p.) 225 1 $aThe Compass series 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780309057783 311 08$a0309057787 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aReview of the Department of Energy's Inertial Confinement Fusion Program -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- BACKGROUND -- RELEVANCE OF THE NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY TO SCIENCE BASED STOCKPILESTEWARDSHIP -- SCIENTIFIC READINESS -- TECHNOLOGICAL READINESS -- NIF Laser Technology -- Targets -- The NIF Project -- REMAINING HURDLES -- FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS -- The NIF Would Make Important Contributions Toward the Stated Long-Term Goals of the SBSS Program -- The Science and Technology Have Progressed Sufficiently to Allow the NIF Project to Proceed as Planned -- 1 Background -- THE COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN -- SCIENCE BASED STOCKPILE STEWARDSHIP -- INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION -- Scientific Goal -- Current Facilities -- The National Ignition Facility -- DEFINITION OF IGNITION -- 2 Relevance of the National Ignition Facility to Science Based Stockpile Stewardship -- PEOPLE -- CERTIFICATION OF WEAPONS STEWARDS -- CODE VALIDATION AND MATERIALS PROPERTIES -- IGNITION -- 3 Scientific Readiness -- BACKGROUND -- RESULTS SINCE CRITICAL DECISION 2 -- MODELING CAPABILITIES -- CONFIDENCE IN ACHIEVING THE SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES -- 4 Technological Readiness -- NIF LASER TECHNOLOGY -- NIF Laser Design Goals and Ignition Requirements -- Beamlet Performance as Validation of the NIF Design -- Performance, Cost, and Optical Damage -- Laser Architecture -- Master Oscillator-Preamplifier -- Multipass Amplifier-Booster Amplifier -- Injection -- Amplification -- Spatial-mode Filtering -- Pockels Cell Switch -- Deformable Mirror -- Harmonic Generation -- Related Laser Experience -- TARGETS -- Hohlraum Design and Fabrication -- Capsule Fabrication -- Cryogenic Capsule Technology -- DIAGNOSTICS -- THE NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY PROJECT -- Project Organization -- Title I Review -- Cost Estimates -- Independent Cost Estimate Review -- Contingency Analysis. 327 $aOperating Cost -- 5 Remaining Hurdles -- 6 Findings and Conclusions -- THE NIF WOULD MAKE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARD THE STATED LONG-TERMGOALS OF THE SBSS PROGRAM -- THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HAVE PROGRESSED SUFFICIENTLY TO ALLOWTHE NIF PROJECT TO PROCEED AS PLANNED -- Appendix A Meeting Agendas and Attendance -- AUGUST 1-2,1996 BECKMAN CENTER, IRVINE CALIFORNIA -- Agenda -- Attendees -- SEPTEMBER 19-21,1996 LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY -- Agenda -- Attendees -- OCTOBER 16-17,1996 UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER, LABORATORY FOR LASERENERGETICS -- Agenda -- Attendees -- NOVEMBER 3-5, 1996 LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY, SANDIA NATIONALLABORATORIES -- Agenda -- Attendees, Sandia National Laboratories -- DECEMBER 5-6, 1996 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Agenda -- Appendix B Description of ICF Program and Selected Other Major SBSS Facilities -- Appendix C Biographical Information -- Appendix D Acronyms and Abbreviations. 410 0$aCompass series (Washington, D.C.) 606 $aInertial confinement fusion 615 0$aInertial confinement fusion. 676 $a539.7/64 712 02$aNational Research Council (U.S.).$bCommission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications. 712 02$aUnited States.$bCommittee for the Review of the Department of Energy's Inertial Confinement Fusion Program. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910973549003321 996 $aReview of the Department of Energy's inertial confinement fusion program$94352847 997 $aUNINA