1. Feb 2001: NRL

2. May 2001: NRL

3. Nov 2001: LLNL

4. Apr 2002: GA

5. Dec 2002: NRL

6. Apr 2003: Sandia

7. Sep 2003: Wisconsin

8. Feb 2004: Georgia Tech

9. Jun 2004: UCLA

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Welcome to the ninthHAPL meeting

Courtesy, Mark Tillack, UCSD

The High Average Power Laser (HAPL) Program:An integrated program to develop the science and technology for

Laser Fusion Energy

Lasers DPPSL (LLNL) KrF (NRL)

Target Fabrication

Target Injection

Chamber/Materials

Final Optics

Target Design (+NRL & LLE )

6 Government labs, 9 Universities, 14 Industries

Government Labs1. NRL2. LLNL3. SNL4. LANL5. ORNL6. PPPLUniversities1. UCSD2. Wisconsin3. Georgia Tech4. UCLA5. U Rochester, LLE6. PPPL7. UC Santa Barbara8. UNC9. DELFTIndustry1. General Atomics2. Titan/PSD3. Schafer Corp4. SAIC5. Commonwealth Technology6. Coherent7. Onyx8. DEI9. Mission Research Corp10. Northrup11. Ultramet, Inc12. Plasma Processes, Inc13. Optiswitch Technology14. Plasma Processing, Inc

From FPA "Fusion Program Notes"- -FESAC Panel Urges Balanced Inertial Fusion Energy Effort

A panel of the Department of Energy's Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (FESAC), charged with reviewing its Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE)program, has urged the Department to carry out "a coordinated program with some level of research on all the key components (targets, drivers and chambers), always keeping the end product and its explicit requirements in mind." 

"In sum the IFE Panel is of the unanimous opinion that the IFE program is technically excellent and that it contributes in ways that are noteworthy to the ongoing missions of the DOE."

The full FESAC endorsed the Panel report at it meeting March 29, 2004 and transmitted it to DOE Office of Science Director Ray Orbach.

Louis Pasteur

ThomasEdison

Neils Bohr

AudubonSociety

The Four Quadrants of Scientific Research

Goal isunderstanding?

Yes

No

YesNo

Goal is an application?

adapted from "Pasteur's Quadrant", Donald E. Stokes, Brookings Press, 1997

The HAPLProgram

The Path to develop Laser Fusion Energy

Phase II2006 - 2014

Phase IIIEngineeringTest Facilityoperating 2020

Engineering Test Facility Full size laser: 2-3 MJ, 60 laser lines Optimize targets for high yield Optimize chamber materials and components. 300-700 MW net electricity

Phase I:1999- 2005

Ignition Physics Validation

•MJ target implosions•Calibrated 3D simulations

Target Design & Physics

•2D/3D simulations•1-30 kJ laser-target expts

Develop Full Scale Components•Power plant laser beam line •Target fab/injection facility•Materials evaluations •Power Plant design

Basic Science and Technology•Krypton fluoride laser•Diode pumped solid state laser•Target fabrication & injection•Final optics•Chambers materials/design

"Energy Options for the Future"meeting hosted by

The US Naval Research Laboratory11 & 12 March, 2004

Organized by John Sheffield and Steve Obenschain

Energy Projections John Sheffield (Senior Fellow, Joint Institute for Energy and Environment, U.T.)

Climate Change Technology David Conover (Director, CCTP)Program Coal & Gas Rita Bajura (Director, National Energy Technology Laboratory)

Oil David Greene (Lab. Fellow, National Transportation Research Center, ORNL)

Energy Efficiency Marilyn Brown (Director, Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Program, ORNL)

Renewables Eldon Boes (Director, Energy Analysis Office, NREL)

Nuclear Kathryn McCarthy (Director, Nuclear Science & Engineering, INEEL)

Power Industry Perspective David Christian (Senior Vice President, Dominion Resources Inc.)

Paths to Fusion Power Stephen Dean (President, Fusion Power Associates)

There are many possible future options for energy...All will require significant R&D to establish viability.

3.6 MW Wind Turbinehttp://other.nrl.navy.mil/EnergyOptions/index.html

350 MW Solar Electric Plant

FutureGen: 275 MW Clean Coal Prototype Plant: Goal Gasification + CO2 sequestering

The Path to develop Laser Fusion Energy

Phase II2006 - 2014

Phase IIIEngineeringTest Facilityoperating 2020

Engineering Test Facility Full size laser: 2-3 MJ, 60 laser lines Optimize targets for high yield Optimize chamber materials and components. 300-700 MW net electricity

Phase I:1999- 2005

Ignition Physics Validation

•MJ target implosions•Calibrated 3D simulations

Target Design & Physics

•2D/3D simulations•1-30 kJ laser-target expts

Develop Full Scale Components•Power plant laser beam line •Target fab/injection facility•Materials evaluations •Power Plant design

Basic Science and Technology•Krypton fluoride laser•Diode pumped solid state laser•Target fabrication & injection•Final optics•Chambers materials/design

Thanks Ralph for all your help!!!

HAPL meeting, Georgia Tech, Feb 5 & 6, 2004

Thanks, Steve!!

Why we are doing what we are doing...

• Develop technologies that can simultaneously meet fusion energy requirements for efficiency (> 6%), wavelength (351 or 248 nm) repetition rate (5-10 Hz), and durability (>100,000,000 shots continuous).

• Demonstrate required laser beam quality and pulse shaping

• Laser technologies employed must scale to reactor size laser modules and project to have attractive costs for commercial fusion energy.

KrF Laser (Electra-NRL)

Goals for Laser DevelopmentDPSSL (Mercury-LLNL)