Mar 06, 2006

Agenda for High Average Power Laser Program Workshop

Oak Ridge National Laboratory Conference Center,

Building 5200, Tennessee Room B

March 21 and 22, 2006

Tuesday, Mar 21, 2006 (Morning)

INTRODUCTION

8:00 - 8:30
(30) / Hospitality / All
8:30 - 8:45
(15) / Welcome / TBD
(ORNL)
8:45 - 9:00
(15) / Introduction / J. Sethian (NRL)

LASERS (Session chair TBA)

9:00 - 9:20
(20) /
KrF Laser Development
/ F. Hegeler
(CTI/NRL)
9:20 - 9:40
(20) / Status of the Mercury Laser / C. Bibeau (LLNL)
9:40 - 9:45
(5) /
Lasers discussions
/ All

POSTER BREAK-1 (Tennessee Room C)

9:45 –10:10
(25) /

Posters will be up for entire workshop

/ All

TARGET PHYSICS (Session chair TBA)

10:10 - 10:35
(25) / Target Physics (NRL): Sub MJ target designs / D. Colombant (NRL)
A. Schmitt (NRL)
10:35 - 11:00
(25) / 1) Stability for 2.5MJ baseline reactor target
2) New work on scoping high-gain 0.5-1MJ designs for FTF and reactor applications. / J. Perkins (LLNL)
11:00 - 11:05
(5) / Target Physics Discussions / All

CHAMBER PHYSICS & ENGINEERING-1 (Session chair TBA)

11:05 - 11:30
(25) / The NRL 24” Cusp Experiment…a 1979 experiment that showed the principles of Magnetic Intervention. (not to mention target injection and engagement) / R. Pechacek
(NRL-Retired)
11:30 - 11:50
(20) / Modeling of Magnetic Intervention…Both for a possible experiment and an IFE chamber / D. Rose
(Voss Scientific)

Group Photo

11:50 - 12:00
(10) /
Y’all smile, now!!! ☺
/ All

LUNCH

12:00 - 1:00
(60) /
Lunch (on your own, cafeteria is downstairs)
/ All
Tuesday, Mar 21, 2006 (Afternoon)

CHAMBER PHYSICS & CHAMBER ENGINEERING-2 (Session chair TBA)

1:00 - 1:20
(20) / UW First-Wall Threat Spectra Calculations / G. Moses
J. Santarius (Wisc)
1:20 - 1:40
(20) / DRAGONFIRE (Laser): Thresholds for roughening and mass loss. / F. Najmabadi (UCSD)
1:40 - 1:45
(5) / Discussion / All

POSTER BREAK-2 (Tennessee Room C)

1:45 – 2:00
(15) /

Posters will be up for entire workshop

/ All

TARGET FABRICATION (Session chair TBA)

2:00 - 2:20
(20) / Progress in Target Fabrication Development / Jared Hund (GA)
2:20 - 2:30
(10) / DVB Shells: Progress & Planned Experiments / J. Streit (Schafer)
2:30 - 2:50
(20) / Target Layering - Bumpy temperatures make smoother ice. / J. Hoffer and D Geller
(LANL)
2:50 – 3:10
(20) / Target Layering - Characterization in a Cryogenic Fluidized Bed / Don Bittner (Schafer)
3:10 - 3:30
(20) / Cryogenic Target Heating Studies / D. Harding (LLE)
3:30 - 3:40
(10) / Target Fabrication Discussions / All

POSTER BREAK-3 (Tennessee Room C)

3:40 – 4:00
(20) /

Posters will be up for entire workshop

/ All

TARGET INJECTION & ENGAGEMENT (Session chair TBA)

4:00 - 4:15
(15) / Placement Accuracy with Mechanical Injection / R. Petzoldt (GA)
4:15 – 4:30
(15) / Progress on (Table-Top) Target Tracking and Engagement Demo / L. Carlson
(UCSD)
4:30 - 4:50
(20) / Target engagement / G. Flint (GA)
4:50 - 5:10
(20) / Beam alignment and incorporation into optical design / T. Lehecka (Penn State)
5:10 – 5:20
(10) / Target Injection/ Engagement Discussions / All

Tour of ORNL Metals & Ceramics Division facilities

5:30 - 6:30
(60) /
High Temperature Materials Laboratory
Infrared Processing Facility / All are welcome

Dinner…

7:30 - xxx
(???) /
Tennessee Barbeque, Calhoon’s
Kingston Pike at Pellissippi Parkway (I-140) / Optional


Wednesday, Mar 22, 2006-(morning)

HOSPITALITY

8:00 - 8:30
(30) / Hospitality / All

FINAL OPTICS (Session Chair TBA)

8:30 - 8:50
(20) / GIMM damage studies at prototypical pulse lengths
First cut at a conceptual design for a GIMM / M Tillack (UCSD)
8:50 - 9:10
(20) / Impact of GIMM design options on radiation level
in final optics system / M. Sawan (Wisc)
9:10 - 9:15
(5) / Final Optics Discussion / All

POSTER BREAK (Tennessee Room C)

9:15 - 9:35
(20) /

Posters will be up for entire workshop

/ All

CHAMBERS-blankets, neutronics, tritium (Session Chair TBA)

9:35 - 9:55
(20) / Chamber issues / R. Raffray (UCSD)
9:55 - 10:15
(20) / Blanket Design for a Magnetic Diversion Chamber / G. Sviatoslavsky,
I. Sviatoslavsky,
M. Sawan- (Wisc)
10:15- 10:30
(15) / First Look at Tritium Processing / C. Gentile (PPPL)
10:30 - 10:35
(5) / Chambers discussion / All

POWER PLANT ECONOMICS REVISITED

10:35 - 10:50
(15) / Systems Studies / W. Meier (LLNL)

FIRST WALL ARMOR THERMOMECHANICS (Chair TBA)

10:50 - 11:10
(20) / XAPPER (x-rays). Update on temp measurements. / J. Latkowski (LLNL)
11:10 - 11:30
(20) / RHEPP (IONS). / T. Renk (SNL)
11:30 -11:45
(15) / Fabrication of High Porosity Tungsten….
A candidate first wall material. / S. O’Dell (PPI)
11:45 - 12:05
(20) / SiC Wall Response to Target Threat
Spectra / Thad Heltemes, Greg Moses (Wisconsin)
12:05 -12:10
(5) / Discussion on FW armor thermo-mechanics / All

LUNCH

12:10 - 1:00
50) /
Lunch (on your own, cafeteria is downstairs)
/ All

Wednesday, Mar 22, 2006-(Afternoon)

FIRST WALL ARMOR: HELIUM RETENTION (Chair TBA)

1:00 - 1:20
(20) / Pulsed Helium Bombardment of W at
high temperature / Ross Radel, Jerry Kulcinski (Wisconsin)
1:20 - 1:40
(20) / Helium retention studies / L. Snead
(ORNL)
1:40 - 2:00
(20) / Ion Implantation modeling / S. Sharafat (UCLA)

FIRST WALL ARMOR: BONDING (Chair TBA)

2:00 - 2:20
(20) / Bonding tungsten to low activation ferritic / G. Romanowski
(ORNL)

SUMMARY OF MATERIALS ISSUES

2:20 - 2:40
(20) / Where do we stand in developing a chamber wall? / L. Snead (ORNL)

WRAP UP

2:40- 3:00
(10) / Wrap up
Next meeting date and location / J. Sethian (NRL)

TOUR OF Spallation Neutron Source (SNS)

3:30 - 5:15
(105) / Sign up required.
Tour limited to 20 people


Posters

Tennessee Room C

Posters should be left up during the entire workshop

/ Author / Affiliation
(lead author) / Poster Title /
1.  / Jason Bousquet / GA / Demonstration of centering forces in capsule formation
2.  / C. Gentile, C Priniski, W. Blanchard,
S. Langish,
G. Gettlefinger. / PPPL / Plasma Exhaust and Blanket Processing / Closing The Fuel Cycle
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