Pacific Fusion’s High Gain Fusion Pulser

ORAL

Abstract

We describe Pacific Fusion’s Demonstration System (DS), a high-gain [1] and high-yield fusion capability. DS drives deuterium-tritium filled cylindrical targets to ignition and high target gain (GT~10), with the goal of demonstrating facility gain GF >= 1. The pulser is equipped with an extensive diagnostic suite, building upon decades of research in inertial confinement fusion. We discuss considerations for Hertz-class repetitive pulsed applications, and the unique pulse shaping capabilities that distinguish Pacific Fusion’s Demonstration System as a versatile high-gain fusion system. We will present the overall system architecture, the pulser design that delivers the required 60+ megampere, 100 nanosecond pulses to a high gain target, and the operations and safety considerations for the facility.

[1] “Opportunities in Pulsed Magnetic Fusion Energy,” C.L. Ellison et al (2024), in preparation

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Presenters

  • Keith LeChien

Authors

  • Keith LeChien

  • Neil B Alexander

    General Atomics - San Diego, General Atomics

  • Andrew M Benson

    General Atomics Energy Group

  • Kurt J Boehm

    General Atomics Energy Group

  • Jared Bowen

    Pacific Fusion Corporation

  • June Cabatu

    Pacific Fusion Corporation

  • Virgil Cacdac

    Pacific Fusion Corporation

  • Karen Chen

    Pacific Fusion Corporation

  • Will Dannemann

    Pacific Fusion Corporation

  • Scott M Davidson

    Pacific Fusion

  • Phillip S Datte

    General Atomics

  • David DeHaan

    Pacific Fusion Corporation

  • Michael J Edwards

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Leland Ellison

    Pacific Fusion

  • Michael Farrell

    General Atomics

  • Bryan Ferguson

    Pacific Fusion Corporation

  • Jonathan G Fry

    Pacific Fusion

  • Fernando Garcia-Rubio

    Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Pacific Fusion Corporation

  • Brian A Grierson

    General Atomics

  • Gary Grim

    Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • James Henry Hammer

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Fred A Howland

    Pacific Fusion

  • Vishal John

    Pacific Fusion Corporation

  • Patrick F Knapp

    Pacific Fusion

  • Isaac Kravitz

    Pacific Fusion Corporation

  • Samuel J Langendorf

    Pacific Fusion

  • Anthony J. Link

    Pacific Fusion, Pacific Fusion Corporation, Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • Nathan B Meezan

    Pacifc Fusion, Pacific Fusion, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Orso-Maria OM Meneghini

    General Atomics

  • Douglas S Miller

    Pacific Fusion

  • Nantas Nardelli

    Pacific Fusion

  • Jon H Peng

    Pacific Fusion Corporation

  • Brett Rahn

    Pacific Fusion Corporation

  • Will Regan

    Pacific Fusion Corporation

  • Adam Reyes

    University of Rochester

  • Courtney Richardson

    Pacific Fusion Corporation

  • Dave V Rose

    Pacific Fusion

  • Ian Scott

    General Atomics

  • Shiva Sitaraman

    Pacific Fusion Corporation

  • Hardeep K Sullan

    Pacific Fusion

  • William A Stygar

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Minh Truong

    Pacific Fusion Corporation

  • Petros Tzeferacos

    University of Rochester

  • Cory Waltz

    Pacific Fusion Corporation

  • Peter Wakeland

    Sandia National Laboratories

  • Dale R Welch

    Voss Scientific, Voss Scientific, LLC

  • Echo Wood

    Pacific Fusion, Pacific Fusion Corporation

  • Sid Wu

    Pacific Fusion Corporation

  • Alex Zylstra

    Pacific Fusion, Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab