DT Fueling of NIF Diagnostic Commissioning Targets

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2010:

LLE successfully developed and tested a technique to fill room-temperature glass targets with deuterium-tritium (DT) fuel to 10 atm as required for diagnostic purposes on the National Ignition Facility (NIF).

Shown here is operators mount targets in the Hoppe Target Mounting Station (Sal Scarantino, Steve Noyes, and Michael Koch)

Operators mount targets in the Hoppe Target Mounting Station (Sal Scarantino, Steve Noyes, and Michael Koch)