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Target Area Structural Support Systems Design to Achieve the Micron-Level Stability Requirement of the National Ignition Facility (NIF)

D.S. Ng, V.P. Karpenko, R. Wavrik

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 26 / Number 3P2 / November 1994 / Pages 837-841

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-A40259

The Target Area Structural Support (TASS) systems are designed to provide an optically stable support for the target area systems and personnel access platforms for the 192 laser beam configuration. The conceptual design of the TASS systems was an optimum configuration selected from three designs on which performance studies were conducted. The supporting bases for the design selection were the analytical results, operation, and cost effectiveness.