| T. M. Anklam, et al., "LIFE: The Case for Early Commercialization of Fusion Energy" Fusion Sci. Technol., v. 60, 66-71 (2011) |
2011 |
Overall Concept, Systems and Economic analyses |
| M. Dunne, et al., "Timely Delivery of Laser Inertial Fusion Energy (LIFE)" Fusion Sci. Technol., v. 60, 19-27 (2011) |
2011 |
Overall Concept, Systems and Economic analyses |
| W. R. Meier, et al., "Systems Modeling for the Laser Fusion-Fission Energy (LIFE) Power Plant" Fusion Sci. Technol., v. 56, 647-651 (2009) |
2009 |
Overall Concept, Systems and Economic analyses |
| W. R. Meier, et al., "“Integrated process modeling for the laser inertial fusion energy (LIFE) generation system”" J. Phys.: Conf. Ser., v. 244, 32035 (2009) |
2009 |
Overall Concept, Systems and Economic analyses |
| W. R. Meier, et al., "Fusion technology aspects of laser inertial fusion energy (LIFE)" Fusion Eng. Des., v. 89, 2489-2492 (2014) |
2014 |
Overall Concept, Systems and Economic analyses |
| S. Reyes, et al., "LIFE: A Sustainable Solution for Developing Safe, Clean Fusion Power" Health Phys., v. 104, 641-647 (2013) |
2013 |
Overall Concept, Systems and Economic analyses |
| T. M. Anklam, et al., "LIFE: Recent Developments and Progress" LLNL Technical Report, v. , LLNL-TR-480091 (2011) |
2011 |
Overall Concept, Systems and Economic analyses |
| T. M. Anklam, et al., "LIFE Cost of Electricity, Capital and Operating Costs" LLNL Technical Report, v. , LLNL-TR-480444 (2011) |
2011 |
Overall Concept, Systems and Economic analyses |
| T. M. Anklam, et al., "“LIFE Delivery Plan”, LLNL Technical Report" LLNL Technical Report, v. , LLNL-TR-480803 (2011) |
2011 |
Overall Concept, Systems and Economic analyses |
| T.M. Anklam, et al., "Summary of LIFE Delivery Plan" LLNL Technical Report, v. , LLNL-TR-639294 (2013) |
2013 |
Overall Concept, Systems and Economic analyses |
| A. J. Bayramian, et al., "“A Laser Technology Test Facility for Laser Inertial Fusion Energy (LIFE)” " Journal of Physics Conference Series (Online), v. 244, 3 (2009) |
2009 |
Laser Technologies |
| A. Bayramian, et al., "Compact, Efficient Laser Systems Required for Laser Inertial Fusion Energy" Fusion Sci. Technol., v. 60, 28-48 (2011) |
2011 |
Laser Technologies |
| A. Bayramian, et al., ""Compact, efficient, low-cost diode power conditioning for laser inertial fusion energy"" Proc. SPIE 7916, High Power Lasers for Fusion Research, v. 7916, 79160B (2011) |
2011 |
Laser Technologies |
| A. Bayramian, et al., ""A Compact Line Replaceable Unit Laser Driver for Laser Inertial Fusion Energy"" in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2012, OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optica Publishing Group, v. , (2012) |
2012 |
Laser Technologies |
| J. Caird, et al., "Nd:Glass Laser Design for Laser ICF Fission Energy (LIFE)" Fusion Sci. Technol., v. 56, 607-617 (2009) |
2009 |
Laser Technologies |
| A. C. Erlandson, et al., "Comparison of Nd:phosphate glass, Yb:YAG and Yb:S-FAP laser beamlines for laser inertial fusion energy (LIFE) [Invited]" Opt. Mater. Express, v. 1, 1341-1352 (2011) |
2011 |
Laser Technologies |
| R. Deri, et al., "The LIFE Laser Design in Context: A Comparison to the State-of-the-Art" LLNL Technical Report, v. , LLNL-TR-477795 (2011) |
2011 |
Laser Technologies |
| P. Amendt, et al., "LIFE Pure Fusion Target Designs: Status and Prospects" Fusion Sci. Technol., v. 60, 49-53 (2011) |
2011 |
Target Design, Manufacture and injection |
| K. Carlisle, et al., "Laser Inertial Fusion-based Energy (LIFE): Developing Manufacturing Technology for Low Cost and High Volume Fusion Fuel is Critical to Our Future Energy Needs" Laser Eng., v. 22, 265-280 (2012) |
2012 |
Target Design, Manufacture and injection |
| K. Carlisle and R. Miles, et al., "Laser Inertial Fusion-based Energy (LIFE) – Developing Manufacturing Technology for low cost and high volume fusion fuel is critical to our future energy needs" Proceedings of the 36th International Matador Conference, v. , 559-568 (2010) |
2010 |
Target Design, Manufacture and injection |
| R. Miles, et al., "Challenges Surrounding the Injection and Arrival of Targets at LIFE Fusion Chamber Center" Fusion Sci. Technol., v. 60, 61-65 (2011) |
2011 |
Target Design, Manufacture and injection |
| D. S. Holdener, et al., "“Convective Heating of the LIFE Engine Target During Injection” " , v. , LLNL-SR-508392 (2011) |
2011 |
Target Design, Manufacture and injection |
| R. Miles, et al., "LIFE Target Fabrication Research Plan Sept 2008" LLNL Technical Report, v. , LLNL-TR-408722 (2008) |
2008 |
Target Design, Manufacture and injection |
| R. Miles, et al., "Thermal Studies of the Laser Inertial Fusion Energy (LIFE) Target during Injection into the Fusion Chamber" LLNL Technical Report, v. , LLNL-TR-660043 (2014) |
2014 |
Target Design, Manufacture and injection |
| R. Miles, et al., "Topics in LIFE Target Survival: 11-SI-004 Final Report" LLNL Technical Report, v. , LLNL-TR-663242 (2014) |
2014 |
Target Design, Manufacture and injection |
| R. P. Abbott, et al., "Thermal and Mechanical Design Aspects of the LIFE Engine" Fusion Sci. Technol., v. 56, 618-624 (2009) |
2009 |
Chamber and reactor design, and fuel cycle |
| P. DeMange, et al., "Thermo-mechanical and neutron lifetime modelling and design of Be pebbles in the neutron multiplier for the LIFE engine" Nucl. Fusion, v. 49, 115013 (2009) |
2009 |
Chamber and reactor design, and fuel cycle |
| P. DeMange, et al., "TRISO-fuel element thermo-mechanical performance modeling for the hybrid LIFE engine with Pu fuel blanket" J. Nucl. Mater., v. 405, 144-155 (2010) |
2010 |
Chamber and reactor design, and fuel cycle |
| J. O. Kane, et al., ""Modeling of the LIFE minichamber Xe theta pinch experiment"" Proc. SPIE 7916, High Power Lasers for Fusion Research,, v. , 791605 (2011) |
2011 |
Chamber and reactor design, and fuel cycle |
| K. J. Kramer, et al., "Neutron Transport and Nuclear Burnup Analysis for the Laser Inertial Confinement Fusion-Fission Energy (LIFE) Engine" Fusion Sci. Technol., v. 56, 625-631 (2009) |
2009 |
Chamber and reactor design, and fuel cycle |
| K. J. Kramer, et al., "Parameter study of the LIFE engine nuclear design" Energ. Convers. Manage., v. 51, 1744-1750 (2010) |
2010 |
Chamber and reactor design, and fuel cycle |
| K. J. Kramer, et al., "Fusion-Fission Blanket Options for the LIFE Engine" Fusion Sci. Technol., v. 60, 72-77 (2011) |
2011 |
Chamber and reactor design, and fuel cycle |
| K. J. Kramer, et al., "“Fusion technologies for Laser Inertial Fusion Energy (LIFE)”" Seventh International Conference on Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications, EPJ Web of Conferences, v. 59, 11001 (2011) |
2011 |
Chamber and reactor design, and fuel cycle |
| J. F. Latkowski, et al., "Chamber Design for the Laser Inertial Fusion Energy (LIFE) Engine" Fusion Sci. Technol., v. 60, 54-60 (2011) |
2011 |
Chamber and reactor design, and fuel cycle |
| R. W. Moir, et al., "Molten salt fuel version of Laser Inertial Fusion Fission Energy (LIFE)" Fusion Sci. Technol., v. 56, 632-640 (2009) |
2009 |
Chamber and reactor design, and fuel cycle |
| S. Reyes, et al., "“Overview of the LIFE fuel cycle”" Seventh International Conference on Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications, EPJ Web of Conferences, v. 59, 11001 (2011) |
2011 |
Chamber and reactor design, and fuel cycle |
| S. Reyes, et al., "LIFE Tritium Processing: A Sustainable Solution for Closing the Fusion Fuel Cycle" Fusion Sci. Technol., v. 64, 187-193 (2013) |
2013 |
Chamber and reactor design, and fuel cycle |
| R. Sacks, et al., "Parameter Study of an Inertial Fusion Energy Chamber Response Using the 1-D BUCKY Radiation Hydrodynamics Code" Fusion Sci. Technol., v. 66, 349-357 (2014) |
2014 |
Chamber and reactor design, and fuel cycle |
| S. C. Wilks, et al., "Evaluation of Several Issues Concerning Laser Beam Propagation Through the LIFE Target Chamber" Fusion Sci. Technol., v. 56, 652-657 (2009) |
2009 |
Chamber and reactor design, and fuel cycle |
| H. Uddin, et al., "Integrated inertial fusion energy chamber dynamics and response" Fusion Eng. Des., v. 89, 3131-3148 (2014) |
2014 |
Chamber and reactor design, and fuel cycle |
| E. Beckett and M. Fratoni, et al., "“Characterization of High Level Waste from a Hybrid LIFE Engine for Enhanced Repository Performance”" LLNL Technical Report, v. , LLNL-TR-455920 (2010) |
2010 |
Chamber and reactor design, and fuel cycle |
| J. DeMuth and A. J. Simon, et al., "“LIFE Chamber Chemical Equilibrium Simulations with Additive Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Nitrogen”" LLNL Technical Report, v. , LLNL-TR-416959 (2009) |
2009 |
Chamber and reactor design, and fuel cycle |
| J. Farmer, et al., "“Options for Burning LWR SNF in LIFE Engine”" LLNL Technical Report, v. , LLNL-TR-407560 (2008) |
2008 |
Chamber and reactor design, and fuel cycle |
| J. Farmer, et al., "“LIFE vs. LWR: End of the Fuel Cycle” " LLNL Technical Report,, v. , LLNL-TR-408781 (2008) |
2008 |
Chamber and reactor design, and fuel cycle |
| J. Farmer, et al., "“The Complete Burning of Weapons Grade Plutonium and Highly Enriched Uranium with (Laser Inertial Fusion-Fission Energy) LIFE Engine”" LLNL Technical Report, v. , LLNL-TR-410152 (2009) |
2009 |
Chamber and reactor design, and fuel cycle |
| K. J. Kramer, et al., "“Nuclear Design of Fissile Pu and HEU LIFE Engine-NA22”" LLNL Technical Report, v. , LLNL-TR-416653 (2009) |
2009 |
Chamber and reactor design, and fuel cycle |
| J. Powers, et al., "“Preliminary Neutronics Design Studies for a Molten Salt Blanket LIFE Engine”" LLNL Technical Report, v. , LLNL-TR-408454 (2008) |
2008 |
Chamber and reactor design, and fuel cycle |
| J. E. Seifried, et al., "“Thermal Modeling and Feedback Requirements for LIFE Neutronic Simulations” " LLNL Technical Report, v. , LLNL-TR-416167 (2009) |
2009 |
Chamber and reactor design, and fuel cycle |
| J. Farmer, et al., "“LIFE Materials: Overview of Fuels and Structural Materials Issue”" LLNL Technical Report, v. , LLNL-TR-407386 (2008) |
2008 |
Chamber and reactor design, and fuel cycle |
| J. Farmer, et al., "“LIFE Materials: Corrosion and Environmental Cracking of Structural and Cladding Materials”" LLNL Technical Report, v. , LLNL-TR-408942 (2008) |
2008 |
Chamber and reactor design, and fuel cycle |
| P. A. Turchi, et al., "“Phase Formation and Transformations in Transmutation Fuel Materials for the LIFE Engine Part I- Path Forward” " LLNL Technical Report, v. , LLNL-TR-408947 (2008) |
2008 |
Chamber and reactor design, and fuel cycle |
| R. W. Moir, et al., "“LIFE Materials: Molten-Salt Fuels”" LLNL Technical Report, v. , LLNL-TR-409526 (2008) |
2008 |
Chamber and reactor design, and fuel cycle |
| A. Caro, et al., "“LIFE Materials: Topical Assessment Report for LIFE, TOPIC: Solid First Wall and Structural Components Task: Radiation Effects on First Wall” " LLNL Technical Report, v. , LLNL-TR-409726 (2009) |
2009 |
Chamber and reactor design, and fuel cycle |
| H. Shaw and J. A. Blink, et al., "“LIFE Materials: Fuel cycle and Repository”" LLNL Technical Report, v. , LLNL-TR-409725 (2008) |
2008 |
Chamber and reactor design, and fuel cycle |
| P. A. Turchi, et al., "“LIFE Materials: Phase Formation and Transformations in Transmutation Fuel Materials for the LIFE Engine Part I- Path Forward” " LLNL Technical Report, v. , LLNL-TR-410158 (2008) |
2008 |
Chamber and reactor design, and fuel cycle |
| A. Caro, et al., "“LIFE Materials: Thermomechanical Effects” " LLNL Technical Report, v. , LLNL-TR-412921 (2009) |
2009 |
Chamber and reactor design, and fuel cycle |
| J. Nuckolls, et al., "“Laser Compression of Matter to Super-High Densities: Thermonuclear (CTR) Applications”" Nature, v. 239, 139-142 (1972) |
1972 |
Additional References (up to 2006) |
| J. A. Blink, et al., "“The High-Yield Lithium Injection Fusion-Energy (HYLIFE) Reactor”" LLNL Technical Report, v. , UCRL-53559 (1985) |
1985 |
Additional References (up to 2006) |
| C. D. Marshall, et al., ""Diode-pumped solid state laser driver experiments for inertial fusion energy applications"" Proc. SPIE 2633, Solid State Lasers for Application to Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF), v. , (1995) |
1995 |
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| R. W. Moir, et al., "“The High-Yield Lithium-Injection Fusion-Energy (HYLIFE)-II inertial fusion energy (IFE) power plant concept and implications for IFE”" Physics of Plasmas, v. 2(6), 2447-2452 (1995) |
1995 |
Additional References (up to 2006) |
| M. Tobin, et al., "“Contributions of the National Ignition Facility to the development of inertial fusion energy”" Fusion Engineering and Design, v. 29, 3-17 (1994) |
1994 |
Additional References (up to 2006) |
| J. F. Latkowski, et al., "“Sequential charged-particle and neutron activation of Flibe in the HYLIFE-II inertial fusion energy power plant design”" Fusion Sci. Tech., v. 30(3), 1475-1479 (1996) |
1996 |
Additional References (up to 2006) |
| W. R. Meier and B. G. Logan, et al., "“Developing inertial fusion energy - Where do we go from here?”" Fusion Technology, v. 30(3), 1279-1285 (1996) |
1996 |
Additional References (up to 2006) |
| R. W. Moir, et al., "“Liquid wall inertial fusion energy power plants"" Fusion Engineering and Design, v. 32-33, 93-104 (1996) |
1996 |
Additional References (up to 2006) |
| C. D. Orth, et al., "“A diode pumped solid state laser driver for inertial fusion energy”" Nuclear Fusion, v. 36(1), 75-116 (1994) |
1994 |
Additional References (up to 2006) |
| R. W. Petzoldt and R. W. Moir, et al., "“Target injection and tracking for inertial fusion energy”" Fusion Engineering and Design, v. 32-33, 113-121 (1996) |
1996 |
Additional References (up to 2006) |
| W. R. Meier, et al., "“Systems modeling and analysis of heavy ion drivers for inertial fusion energy”" Fusion Technology, v. 34(3), 326-330 (1998) |
1998 |
Additional References (up to 2006) |
| W. R. Meier, et al., "“Chamber technology concepts for inertial fusion energy - three recent examples”" Fusion Engineering and Design, v. 42, 537-548 (1997) |
1997 |
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1997 |
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1998 |
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1997 |
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1998 |
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1999 |
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1999 |
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| R. W. Moir, et al., " “Grazing incidence liquid metal mirrors (GILMM) for radiation hardened final optics for laser inertial fusion energy power plants”" Fusion Engineering and Design, v. 51-52, 1121-1128 (1999) |
1999 |
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2000 |
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2001 |
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2002 |
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| S. Reyes, et al., "Liquid wall options for tritium-lean fast ignition inertial fusion energy power plants" Fusion Engineering and Design, v. 63-64, 635-640 (2002) |
2002 |
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| S. Reyes, et al., "Use of clearance indexes to assess waste disposal issues for the HYLIFE-II inertial fusion energy power plant design " Fusion Engineering and Design, v. 63-64, 257-261 (2002) |
2002 |
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2002 |
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2003 |
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2006 |
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