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World Bank, IAEA partner to fund nuclear energy
The World Bank and the International Atomic Energy Agency signed an agreement last week to cooperate on the construction and financing of advanced nuclear projects in developing countries, marking the first partnership since the bank ended its ban on funding for nuclear energy projects.
S. P. Regan, V. N. Goncharov, T. C. Sangster, E. M. Campbell, R. Betti, K. S. Anderson, T. Bernat, A. Bose, T. R. Boehly, M. J. Bonino, D. Cao, R. Chapman, T. J. B. Collins, R. S. Craxton, A. K. Davis, J. A. Delettrez, D. H. Edgell, R. Epstein, M. Farrell, C. J. Forrest, J. A. Frenje, D. H. Froula, M. Gatu Johnson, C. Gibson, V. Yu. Glebov, A. Greenwood, D. R. Harding, M. Hohenberger, S. X. Hu, H. Huang, J. Hund, I. V. Igumenshchev, D. W. Jacobs-Perkins, R. T. Janezic, M. Karasik, R. L. Keck, J. H. Kelly, T. J. Kessler, J. P. Knauer, T. Z. Kosc, S. J. Loucks, J. A. Marozas, F. J. Marshall, R. L. McCrory, P. W. McKenty, D. D. Meyerhofer, D. T. Michel, J. F. Myatt, S. P. Obenschain, R. D. Petrasso, N. Petta, P. B. Radha, M. J. Rosenberg, A. J. Schmitt, M. J. Schmitt, M. Schoff, W. Seka, W. T. Shmayda, M. J. Shoup, III, A. Shvydky, A. A. Solodov, C. Stoeckl, W. Sweet, C. Taylor, R. Taylor, W. Theobald, J. Ulreich, M. D. Wittman, K. M. Woo, J. D. Zuegel
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 73 | Number 2 | March 2018 | Pages 89-97
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2017.1397487
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The goal of the National Direct-Drive Program is to demonstrate and understand the physics of laser direct drive (LDD). Efforts are underway on OMEGA for the 100-Gbar Campaign to demonstrate and understand the physics for hot-spot conditions and formation relevant for ignition at the 1-MJ scale, and on the National Ignition Facility to develop an understanding of the direct-drive physics at long scale lengths for the MJ Direct-Drive Campaign. The strategy of the National Direct-Drive Program is described; the requirements for the deuterium-tritium cryogenic fill-tube target being developed for OMEGA are presented; and preliminary LDD implosion measurements of hydrodynamic mixing seeded by laser imprint, the target-mounting stalk, and microscopic surface debris are reported.
