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D. B. Harris, J. H. Pendergrass
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 8 | Number 1 | July 1985 | Pages 1220-1225
Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactor Technology | Proceedings of the Sixth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (San Francisco, California, March 3-7, 1985) | doi.org/10.13182/FST85-A39934
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Simple expressions for the cost and efficiency of repetitively-pulsed angularly multiplexed KrF laser fusion drivers have been developed for commercial-applications studies. These simple expressions summarize estimates obtained from detailed cost/performance studies incorporating recent results of ongoing physics, design, and cost studies. Contributions of KrF laser capital charges and O&M costs to total levelized constant-dollar (1984) unit ICF power generation cost are estimated as a function of plant size and driver pulse energy using a published gain for short-wavelength lasers and representative values of plant parameters.