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Implosion Experiment by GEKKO XII and Scaling to Ignition and Burn

Sadao Nakai

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 26 / Number 3P2 / November 1994 / Pages 681-686

Inertial Confinement Experiment / Proceedings of the Eleventh Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy New Orleans, Louisiana June 19-23, 1994 / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST94-A40236

The implosion experiment of spherical pellet and the physics investigation which is relevant to implosion process have been performed by using GEKKO XII glass laser since its commission in 1983. Simulation codes have been reinforced by introducing the experimental results and physics model to increase the credibility and quantitative accuracy in predicting the ignition and burn conditions. The fusion ignition and burn to achieve energy gain for reactor seems to be feasible.