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Defense Intelligence Reference Document Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion

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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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  • p. 2 …a series of advanced technology reports produced in FY 2009 under the Defense Intelligence Agency, ~(b…
  • p. 11 …the ongoing work by others, notably at EMC2 on the Bussard Polywell device or the advanced…
  • p. 30 …In the jet thruster concept the plasma target at the center of the chamber, created by…
  • p. 31 UNCLASSIFIED/;'P81il 8PPll!ltllt ~81!! 8HLV An added long-term potential advantage of developing the IEC…
  • p. 40 …Momota, "Advances in Cylindrical IEC Neutron Source Design for Driven Sub-Critical Operation," to be published…
  • p. 51 …the claim that due to its beam-like non- Maxwellian plasma, the IEC can burn "advanced…
  • p. 56 …Pulsed Power for the Inspection Station Advanced materials and methods are used in its design to…
  • p. 59 …The development of this advanced fuzzy logic system is patterned after a methodology developed for the…
  • p. 62 …Note that this is even true with the Tokamak using a very "advanced" conceptual design well…
  • p. 67 …of the unique ability of the IEC to use non-Maxwellian plasma to burn advanced fuels…
  • p. 69 …projects have continued to advance IEC basic physics understanding to the point where a pathway to…
  • p. 72 …Also the chamber wall must incorporate advanced cooling methods to handle the large surface heat loads…
10 March 2010
ICOD: 1 December 2009
DIA-08-1003-006
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