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Inertial confinement

Fusion

Compressing fusion fuel faster than it can fly apart.

Inertial confinement fusion implodes a small target so that fusion occurs before hydrodynamic disassembly. Lasers are the most developed drivers.

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Inertial Confinement Fusion

The inertial confinement fusion principle attempts to compress a small deuterium-tritium pellet to the density and temperature required for fusion ignition in its center. The reaction will then take place before the pellet remnants are blown apart, so the fusion plasma is held…

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Hohlraum

Cavity that converts laser light to X-rays.