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This Defense Intelligence Agency reference document, dated 10 March 2010, covers inertial electrostatic confinement (IEC) fusion. It was produced in FY 2009 under the DIA's Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications (AAWSA) program. The report focuses on work at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and reviews IEC basics, experiments, theory and applications such as neutron sources, explosives detection and space propulsion. It concludes by proposing a breakeven experiment for p-11B fusion that uses a hydrogen plasma simulation.
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REFERENCES UNCLASSIFIED/ 'FOR QSFICICP IPE'S Qllb¥j 4.1 W.M. Nevins, Can inertial electrostatic confinement work beyond the ion-ion collisional time scale?" Phys. Plasmas, Vol. 2, No. IO, October (1995) pp. 3804-3819. 4.2 L. Chacon, G. H. Miley, D. C. Barnes, and D. A. Knoll, "Energy gain calculations in Penning fusion systems using a bounce-averaged Fokker-Planck modelz" Phys. of Plasmas, vol. 7, no. 11, (2000) p. 4547. 4.3 T .N. Tiouririne and D. C. Barnes, Optimization of SCIF Fusion Systems", Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., vol. 40 (1995) pp. 1665. 4.4 I.V. Tzonev, J. M. DeMora, G.H. Miley, "Effect of Large Ion Angular Momentum Spread and High Current on Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Potential Structures", Proc. 16th IEEENPSS Symp. Dn Fusion Engr. (Miley and Elliott, eds.) IEEE paper 95CH35852, 1476-1481 (1996). 4.5 G.H. Miley and H. Momota, "Virtual Cathode in a Stationary Spherical Inertial Electrostatic Confinement", Fusion Science and Technology, Vol. 40, July (2001). 4.6 H.J. Kim, "Instability Studies on a Spherical Inertial Electrostatic Confinement", Dissertation, Submitted in partial fulfillment for the requirements of degree of Doctor of Philosophy, NPRE Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (2006). 4.7 T.H. Rider, "A general critique of inertial-electrostatic confinement fusion systems", Phys. Plasmas, Vol. 2, No. 6, June (1995) p. 1853. 4.8 G.H. Miley, John M. DeMora, Brian E. Jurczyk, Martin Nieto, "Computational Studies of Collisional Processes in Inertial Electrostatic Glow Discharge Fusion Devices," 18th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, (1999) p 23. Section V. Potential Applications The ultimate application for IECs is for electrical power production. This is discussed further in Section VI. Section V concentrates on various near-term "spin off" applications of neutron/proton/x-ray sources and also non-electrical power applications such as space propulsion. NEUTRON/PROTON/XRAY SOURCES As seen from the discussion to this point, the main application of the IEC to date has been as a small portable neutron source for NAA. In addition, since both D-D and D- 3He reactions can be used for proton production, IECs have also been pursed for medial isotope and PET scan isotope production. However, due to the need for high source strengths to fully compete in this arena, that use is still undergoing research. Another novel application noted earlier is the use of the IEC to simulate implantation of D+ and He+ in candidate fusion reactor first wall materials. Yet another novel use involves running the IEC with reverse polarity such that the trapped electrons produce soft x- 46 UNCLASSIFIED//509 OFFJCJPL !PEii Ollb¥
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Report, from the dia collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. 72 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.