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Power Conditioning for the National Ignition Facility

Douglas W. Larson, Robert Anderson, John Boyes

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 26 / Number 3P2 / November 1994 / Pages 799-803

National Ignition Facility / 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-A40252

A cost-effective, 320-MJ power-conditioning system has been completed for the proposed National Ignition Facility (NIF). The design features include metallized dielectric capacitors, a simple topology, and large (1.6-MJ) module size. Experimental results address the technical risks associated with the design.