Pulsed Power

Pulsed power technology begins rapid development, supported by the Atomic Energy Commission and Defense Nuclear Agency for radiation source testing.

Sandia National Laboratories initiates its formal fusion effort as a spin-off of pulsed-power simulation technology used for nuclear weapons physics.

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) pioneers research into Field-Reversed Configuration (FRC) and Magnetized Target Fusion (MTF), establishing the scientific pedigree for future compact fusion progr

Los Alamos National Laboratory pioneers research into Field-Reversed Configurations (FRCs) and Magnetized Target Fusion (MTF).

Sandia National Laboratory publishes early reports on Phi-target work, which remains a primary example of an integrated Magnetized Target Fusion (MTF) experiment.

Russian MTF program at weapons lab. Communist Party decree. Same dual-use pattern as US.

Foundational paper on compressive heating of FRC plasmas, later inherited by the CFR program.

M. Tuszewski et al. publish 'Adiabatic compression of elongated field-reversed configurations', establishing core heating mechanisms for MTF.

M. Tuszewski publishes the definitive 'Field reversed configurations' in Nuclear Fusion, serving as the scientific bedrock for the LANL MTF program.

Shiva Star facility. 100 billion g acceleration. Explicitly NOT fusion. Same facility as FRCHX. The critical link.