2020INFUSE Workshop LANL Wurden

1 Managed by Triad National Security, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy’s NNSA LANL Fusion Capabilities INFUSE workshop Jan 22-23, 2019 2 Managed by Triad National Security, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy’s NNSA Los Alamos has a long history of fusion research •Today magnetic and inertial fusion work resides in the Physics Division, Theory Division, and X Division (Weapons). There are also related capabilities in detectors, radiation damage, and tritium handling. •Dr. John Kline ( [email protected]) is the present Fusion Energy Sciences (and Inertial Fusion) program manager, and a point-of-contact. James Tuck, Perhapsatron, 1953 Ivy Mike, 1952 3 Managed by Triad National Security, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy’s NNSA 4 Managed by Triad National Security, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy’s NNSA FRC’s were developed in Russia and Los Alamos FRC’s are high beta plasmas, with many interesting features 5 Managed by Triad National Security, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy’s NNSA Today FRC plasmas are still being explored 6 Managed by Triad National Security, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy’s NNSA Magnetized Plasma Team in P-24 Plasma Physics Team Leader: Glen Wurden([email protected]) Staff: Hsu, Weber, Langendorf, Dunn, Shimada Postdocs: Tom Byvank, Kevin Yates, John Boguski Student: Chris Roper (Summer) Wedoexperimentalplasma workfor FES,APRA-E,and NNSAsponsors,withnational andinternationalpartners, includingsmallbusinesses. Weuseourknowledgeof plasmadiagnostics,pulsed powerexpertise,and HED plasmasin theareasoffusion energy,weaponssupport,and basicplasmascience. 7 Managed by Triad National Security, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy’s NNSA The Plasma Liner Experiment at LANL •This was an ARPA-E “ALPHA” project. •Presently PLX has18 plasma guns in a hemispherical geometry, on a 2.75 m diameter chamber. •It is being used to study the merging hypersonic plasma jets. •Later in 2020, it may be upgraded to a full set of 36 guns. •PI: Sam Langendorf, [email protected] 8 Managed by Triad National Security, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy’s NNSA LANL leads an ARPA-E “capabilities” team 9 Managed by Triad National Security, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy’s NNSA High resolution imaging on the W7-X stellarator One of W7-X’s 10 divertors Reentrant endoscope using metal mirrors, shutter, pinhole, and sapphire vacuum window •FLIR Infrared camera, 512 x 512 pixels @310 Hz, or 64x16 pixels @ 3k Hz. •PCO Edge 5.5 visible camera, 1 Megapixel useful image, 60 Hz frame rate at 10 msecexposure. 5 narrow-band filters. •Ocean Optics QE65000 UV spectrometer, 225-345 nm, 20 msecper spectrum, sees 20 or so lines, including He II, B IV, O V, C II, as well as low charge states of test impurities, such as Fe, Mo, N, Ne. Infrared, visible, and ultraviolet 10 Managed by Triad National Security, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy’s NNSA We collaborate at national and international facilities W7-X “One Team” in the control room, Oct. 2018 11 Managed by Triad National Security, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy’s NNSA LANL Advanced Diagnostics Whereweare:($480k FY18)Multi-institutiondesignstudyfor Laser Inverse Compton Scattering(LICS)Diagnosticfor Runaway Electronmeasurementson the DIII-Dtokamakisinprogress. Completionofreviewsbyearly FY20. Presentinvestmentis $820k fordesignstudy(LANL/GA/UCSD/Woodruff),and $1.15Mfor SBIRPhase I and Phase IIlaserdevelopmenteffort(Voss Scientific). Wherewearegoing:In FY21,The LICSrunawayelectrondiagnosticdesign for DIII-Dwillbereadytomovetoaconstructionandinstallationphase, contingenton DIII-D schedule,portnegotiations,andfunding. LANL 4 strip gated x-ray imager Inside view of 105 tangentialport on DIII-D Voss Scientific prototypelaser What: A new type of diagnostic using laser inverse Compton scattering to measure soft x-rays generated from laser photons scattering off of runaway (relativistic) electrons in the DIII-D tokamak 12 Managed by Triad National Security, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy’s NNSA We test our detectors at world class x-ray and neutron sources •Argonne Advanced Photon Source (x-rays) •Omega and NIF (x-rays, neutrons) •P-24 soft x-ray sources •Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt(PTB) accelerator in Braunschweig, Germany (neutrons) •Sandia Ion Beam Facility (neutrons) 13 Managed by Triad National Security, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy’s NNSA 14 Managed by Triad National Security, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy’s NNSA 15 Managed by Triad National Security, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy’s NNSA 16 Managed by Triad National Security, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy’s NNSA 17 Managed by Triad National Security, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy’s NNSA 18 Managed by Triad National Security, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy’s NNSA