Prospects for Inertial Confinement Fusion Energy Systems
National Academies Review

• Overall Project Scope The Committee will prepare a report that will:
• Assess the prospects for generating power using inertial confinement fusion; 
• Identify scientific and engineering challenges, cost targets, and R&D objectives associated with developing an IFE demonstration plant; and
• Advise the U.S. Department of Energy on its development of an R&D roadmap aimed at creating a conceptual design for an inertial fusion energy demonstration plant.
• Members of the Main Committee
  
• Sub-Panel on Target Physics
  
• An Assessment of Inertial Confinement Fusion Target Physics:  A Panel on Fusion Target Physics (“the Panel”) will serve as a technical resource to the Committee on Inertial Confinement Energy Systems (“the Committee”) and will prepare a report that describes the R&D challenges to providing suitable targets, on the basis of parameters established and provided to the Panel by the Committee.     The target panel will hold its first meeting February 16-17 at Keck Center, 500 5th Street NW, Washington, DC.  Persons wishing to attend those portions of the meeting open to the publice should contact LaNita Jones:  ljones at nas.edu. 
  
• First Meeting  of the Committee
  
• December 16, 2010
  
  • Welcome Ron Davidson & Jerry Kulcinski, Co-Chairs
  • Perspectives (Talking Points) from the DOE Office of Science, (History) Steve Koonin
    
  • Perspectives from NNSA Stockpile Stewardship, Chris Deeney
    
  • Perspectives from the DOE Office of Fusion Energy,  Ed Synakowski & Mark Koepke
    
  • Findings from the 2003 FESAC report: "A Plan for the Development of Fusion Energy”
    
  • Findings from the 2003 FESAC Report on the Development of Fusion Energy, Michael Campbell
  • IFE R&D Planning Based on FESAC Reports, Robert Goldston
  • Public Comment Session, Audience
• December 17, 2010
  
  • Perspectives from the DOE Office of Science, Bill Brinkman
  • Perspectives from NNSA Defense Programs, Donald Cook
    
  • Challenges to Developing an ICF-based Energy Source, Harold Forsen
    
  • Perspectives from OSTP, Steve Fetter
  • Summary of Closed Session
    

• Second Meeting of the Committee was held January 29-31  at the San Ramon Marriott, 2600 Bishop Drive, San Ramon, California 94583;  the third day will be at Livermore National Laboratory and at Lawrence Berkely National Laboratory.  The agenda is now posted. 
• Welcome and Opening Remarks, Ron Davidson & Jerry Kulcinski, Co-Chairs
• Laser-Driven Inertial Fusion Energy; Indirect-Drive Targets , Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• Overview of the LIFE Power Plant, Mike Dunne, et al with contributions from LLE, GA, LANL, U Wisc., U Ill., UCSD, PPPL, NPS, SRNL
• Engine Design for LIFE, Jeff Latkowski, LLNL
• LIFE Laser Overview, Andy Bayramian, Bob Deri, et al, LLNL
• LIFE Economics and Delivery Pathway, Tom Anklam, LLNL
• Laser-Driven Inertial Fusion Energy; Direct-Drive Targets, LLE, University of Rochester
• Overview of Direct Drive - Robert McCrory, LLE
• Status of Directly Driven ICF - S. Skupsky, LLE
• Technology for Polar-Drive Ignition on the NIF - J. D. Zuegel, LLE
• Technologies for Mass Producing IFE Targets and Determining Their Survival in an IFE Target Chamber - J. D. Zuegel, LLE
• Laser-Driven Inertial Fusion Energy; Direct-Drive, Wrap Up - Robert McCrory, LLE
• Krypton-Fluoride-Driven Inertial Fusion Energy,  Naval Research Laboratory
• Introduction - John Sethian, NRL
• KRF Target Physics - Steve Obenschain, NRL
• KrF Laser Development - John Sethian, NRL
• High Average Power Laser (HAPL) Program - John Sethian, NRL
• Vision for KrF Development Plan - Steve Obenschain, NRL
• Ion-Beam-Driven Inertial Fusion Energy  Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Grant Logan, LBNL
• January 30, 2011
• Pulsed-Power Inertial Fusion Energy, Sandia National Laboratories,
• Vision, Introduction, Drivers and Roadmap - Keith Matzen, Michael Cuneo, SNL
• Fusion Targets - Mark  Herrmann, SNL
  
• Perspectives from Los Alamos National Laboratory, Juan Fernández, LANL
• Overview of IFE Reactor Designs and Target chambers - Wayne Meier, LLNL Fusion Energy Science
• Background on IFE Economics Studies, Wayne Meier, LLNL
• Overview of IFE High Gain Targets -  John Perkins, LLNL
• Target Fabrication and Injection  Dan Goodin, General Atomics
• A Road Map to Laser Fusion Energy -  Stephen Bodner
• Public Comment Session
• January 31, 2011
• OPEN SESSION
• 8:00 am Site Visit: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• 12:30 pm Lunch at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• 1:30 pm Site Visit: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• 4:00 pm Meeting adjourns

• Third meeting of the Committee will be held near the Hyatt Regency, 330 Tijeras NW, Albuquerque, NM 87102, March 30-April 1, 2011 with a tour of Sandia National Laboratory.  Attendees should register.
  
• Tuesday, March 29, 2011
  CLOSED SESSION
  4:00 pm Inertial Confinement Fusion and Inertial Fusion Energy Tutorial,
  
• Steve Cowley, talk requested
• Tutorial on the Physics of Inertial Confinement Fusion for energy applications, Riccardo Betti, University of Rochester and Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
  
• 7:00 pm Adjourn for day
• Wednesday, March 30, 2011 Location: Pavilion VI
  All presentation titles below are provisional and only intended to be placeholders
  CLOSED SESSION
  7:30 am Breakfast available
  8:00 am Welcome and opening remarks
  8:30 am Balance and composition discussion for new members
  8:45 am Break
  OPEN SESSION
  9:00 am Welcome and opening remarks from co-charirs
  9:05 am The National Ignition Campaign, John Lindl, LLNL,  talk requested
  10:00 am Discussion
  10:15 am Role of the National Ignition Facility Beyond the National Ignition Campaign: NNSA Perspective, Chris Deeney, NNSA, DOE, talk requested
  10:45 am Discussion
  11:00 am LIFE Delivery Plan, Mike Dunne et al, LLNL, talk requested
  12:00 pm Discussion
  CLOSED SESSION
  12:15 pm Lunch, Committee only
  OPEN SESSION
  1:00 pm Fast Ignition for Inertial Fusion Energy, Richard Freeman, Ohio State University
  1:45 pm Discussion
  2:00 pm Adjourn open session for the day
  CLOSED SESSION
  2:15 pm Discussion with ICF Target Physics Panel Chair
  3:15 pm Committee discussion
  6:00 pm Break
  6:30 pm Working Dinner, committee only
  8:30 pm Adjourn for day
  
• Thursday, March 31, 2011     Location: Pavilion VI
  CLOSED SESSION
  7:30 am Breakfast
  OPEN SESSION
  8:00 am Magneto-Inertial Fusion, A Hybrid Approach to Fusion,  Glen Wurden, LANL, and The Case for Magnetized Target Fusion (MTF), Irv Lindemuth, University of Nevada at Reno
  8:45 am Discussion
  9:00 am Chamber Materials Challenges for Inertial Fusion Energy, (26 MB pdf) Steven Zinkle, ORNL
  10:00 am Discussion
  10:15 am Break
  10:30 am Lessons in Engineering Innovation, Elon Musk, SpaceX, Tesla Motors, Solar City (by videoconference)
  11:15 am Discussion
  11:30 am Public Comment Session
  12:30 pm Adjourn open session and break for lunch
  CLOSED SESSION
  12:30 pm Lunch, Committee only
  1:00 pm Committee discussion
  5:30 pm Break
  6:30 pm Working Dinner, committee only
  8:30 pm Adjourn for the day
  
• Friday, April 1, 2011
  OPEN SESSION
  Site Visit at Sandia National Laboratories
  7:20 –  8:00 am Committee travel and badging
  8:00 –  8:30 am Remarks on Sandia and IFE Steve Rottler, Vice President Science and Technology and Research Foundations and Chief Technology Officer
  8:30 –  9:15 am  Conceptual Designs of Pulsed-Power Accelerators for Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE) The IFE Z-Accelerator Team
  9:15 – 10:00 am Pulsed Power IFE Background, Phased R&D, and Roadmap  - Michael Cuneo and the IFE Z-Team
  10:15 – 10:25 am Walk to the Z facility
  10:25 – 10:55 am Tour of the Z facility
  11:00 – 11:45 am Mykonos facility
  12:00 pm Depart for hotel and meeting adjourns
  (The site visit will be 0.25 mile round trip, walking)
  
  
• Fourth meeting of the Committee will be held at the University of Rochester,  Laboratory for Laser Energetics, 250 E. River Road, Rochester, NY June 15, 2011 - June 17, 2011. Attendees should register..
• Wednesday, June 15, 2011
• CLOSED SESSION
  8:00 am     Breakfast available   
  8:30 am     Welcome and opening remarks
  8:45 am     Break   
  OPEN SESSION
  9:00 am     Welcome and opening remarks   
  9:05 am     Inertial Fusion Energy: Activities and Plans in the UK and EU John Collier, UK Science and Technology Facilities Council
  10:15 am    Discussion   
  10:35 am    Break   
  10:50 am    Inertial Fusion Energy: Activities and Plans in Japan  Hiroshi Azechi, Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University
  12:00 pm    Discussion   
  12:20 pm    Lunch    Seminar Room
  1:00 pm     The Science and Technologies for Laser Fusion Direct Drive, John Sethian, Naval Research Laboratory
  2:00 pm     Discussion   
  2:20 pm     Adjourn open session for the day   
  CLOSED SESSION
  2:30 pm     Discussion
  6:00 pm     Break   
  6:45 pm     Working Dinner at *TBD   
  8:30 pm     Adjourn for day   
  
  Thursday, June 16, 2011 Location: Seminar Room
  CLOSED SESSION
  8:00 am     Breakfast    Seminar Room
  OPEN SESSION
  8:30 am     Nuclear Power Plant Financing Philip M. Huyck, Encite, LLC (formerly of Credit Suisse First Boston & Trust Company of the West)
  9:30 am     Discussion   
  9:45 am     Inertial Fusion Energy: Activities and Plans in China Zhang Jie, President, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  11:00 am    Discussion
  11:20 am    Public Comment Session
  11:30 am    General Discussion with All Speakers
  12:00 pm    Adjourn open session and break for lunch   
  CLOSED SESSION
  12:00 pm     Lunch    Seminar Room
  1:00 pm     Discussion with ICF Target Physics Panel Chair
  2:00 pm     Discussion
  2:30 pm     Break   
  5:30 pm     Break   
  6:30 pm     Working Dinner at *TBD   
  8:30 pm     Adjourn for the day   
  
  Friday, June 17, 2011, Site Visit to the Laboratory for Laser Energetics
  (The site visit will be TBD mile round trip, walking)
  CLOSED SESSION
  7:30 am     Breakfast available    Seminar Room
  8:00 am     Discussion
  9:30 am     Break & Gather at LOCATION TBD for site visit   
  OPEN SESSION
  9:45 am     Begin site visit
  12:00 pm Adjourn site visit, adjourn meeting, and depart   
   Closed Session Summary Posted After the Meeting
  
• 5th meeting of the Committee on Prospects for Inertial Confinement Fusion Energy Systems will be held at the National Academies, Conference Center Meeting Rooms,  20 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20001 on October 31, 2011 - November 2, 2011.   If you would like to attend the sessions of this meeting that are open
  to the public or need more information please contact: Jonathan Yanger,.  Additional meeting specifics will be forthcoming. 
  

• Monday, October 31, 2011 Location: Meeting Rooms TBD
  All presentation titles below are provisional and only intended to be placeholders
  CLOSED SESSION
  8:00 am Breakfast available Meeting Rooms A and B
  8:30 am Welcome and opening remarks
  8:45 am Discussion with ICF Target Physics Panel Chair
  10:00 am Break
  OPEN SESSION
  10:15 am Welcome and opening remarks
  10:20 am Heavy Ion Inertial Fusion Energy: Activities and Plans in Europe and Russia,  Matter under Extreeme Conditions (part 1), Matter under Extreeme Conditions (part 2) Boris Sharkov, FAIR GmbH  New Jan 5, 2012
  11:20 am Discussion
  11:40 am Public Comment Session
  CLOSED SESSION
  12:00 pm Lunch Committee only
  OPEN SESSION
  1:00 pm Mass manufacturing of targets, Abbas Nikroo, General Atomics
  2:00 pm Discussion
  2:30 pm A Perspective on Licensing of Inertial Fusion Power Plants, Dick Meserve, New Jan 5, 2012
  Carnegie Institute for Science
  3:00 pm Discussion
  CLOSED SESSION
  3:15 pm Committee Discussion
  6:15 pm Break
  7:00 pm Working Dinner at Bistro Bis (in the Hotel George) (committee & staff only)
  9:00 pm Adjourn for day
  

• Tuesday, November 1, 2011 Location: Meeting Rooms TBD
  CLOSED SESSION
  8:00 am Breakfast
  8:30 am Continued discussion
  10:30 am Break
  OPEN SESSION
  10:45 am A Perspective on Safety Issues of an Inertial Fusion Power Plant,Kathy McCarthy, Idaho National Laboratory (& Committee member)
  11:15 am Discussion
  11:30 am Public Comment Session
  CLOSED SESSION
  11:45 am Lunch Committee only
  CLOSED SESSION
  12:45 pm Continued discussion
  2:45 pm Break
  3:00 pm Continued discussion
  6:00 pm Break
  6:30 pm Adjourn for the day
  

• Wednesday, November 2, 2011
  OPEN SESSION
  Visit to Laser Fusion Facilities, Naval Research Laboratory
  8:30 Transportation to NRL from Hotel
  9:00 Gathering and introductions, Building 60 Auditorium
          Presentation: Overview of the NRL laser fusion program, S. Obenschain (History, updates on direct laser drive & KrF, path forward to IFE)
  9:45 -11:15 Tours of Nike and Electra KrF Laser Facilities(Tour guides Victor Serlin and John Sethian)
        Tour of Nike Target Facility (Yefim Aglitskiy, Max Karasik, Jim Weaver)
        Tour of Nike Laser Facility (David Kehne, Steve Terrell)
        Tour of Electra Facility(Frank Hegeler, Matt Myers, Matt Wolford)
  11:15-11:45 Discussion (with light lunch), Building 71 Conference Room
  11:45 Transportation to Hotel
  
  
  
  

• White Papers and Public Input to the Committee : Members of the public are encouraged to submit 2-pagers on topics related to the NAS review of IFE. Please submit the 2-pagers to  David Lang as noted on web link above,  and 2-pagers and other public input will be posted on this web site  if emailed to the web master  "dmeade at pppl.gov".
• The Rationale for an Expanded Inertial Fusion Energy Program:  Steve Dean, Fusion Power Associates
• Magneto‐Inertial Fusion:  Glen Wurden, LANL
• A Path to Inertial Fusion Energy - Plan B:  Steve Bodner, retired, former head of the laser fusion program at the Naval Research Laboratory,  New Dec 12, 2011