Research


PNL is committed to its ultimate goal of creating clean, abundant nuclear fusion energy. Therefore, a substantial amount of its revenue is devoted to advancing the science and technology of fusion and the systems that will make it possible. Some of the recent publications that have been authored by or contributed to by PNL personnel is listed below.

Performance of a Low Pressure, Helicon Driven IEC 3He Fusion Device by Dr. Gregory Piefer
Investigation of 3He(3He,2p)4He Reactions in an Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Device by Dr. Gregory Piefer
Measurement of 3He(3He,2p)4He Reactions in an IEC Device by Dr. Gregory Piefer
Helium Ion Source for D-3He Converged Core Operation by Dr. Gregory Piefer
Production of 13N Via D-3He Fusion in an IEC Device by Maj. John Weidner
Progress Towards Proof of Principle Applications Using Steady State D-3He Fusion by Bob Ashle
Design of an Ion Source for Low Pressure IEC Operation in 3He by Dr. Gregory Piefer
Helicon Ion Source and Core Physics Research for the UW IEC Device by Dr. Gregory Piefer
Optimizing Neutron Production Rates from D-D Fusion in an Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Device by Maj. Alex Wehmeyer
Recent Progress and Applications Using Steady State D-D and D-3He Fusion by Bob Ashley
Development of an Experimental Method to Investigate 3He-3He Fusion with Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Techniques by Dr. Gregory Piefer
Implantation of D+ and He+ in Candidate Fusion First Wall Materials by Dr. Ross Radel
Spectroscopic Diagnosis of Plasma in the IEC by Eric Alderson
The Development of Lunar 3He Resources - Near Term Applications and Long Term Prospects by Dr. Gerald Kulcinski
Embedded Fusion and Isotope Production in the UW IEC device by Dr. Ben Cipiti
Modeling D-D Operation of the UW IEC Experiment by Dr. John Santarius
Production of 13N Using D-3He Fusion Protons by Maj. John Weidner
Helium Ion Source for D-3He Converged Core Operation by Dr. Gregory Piefer
3He-3He and Converged Core Fusion in an Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Device by Dr. Gregory Piefer
Detection of HEU Using a Pulsed D-D Fusion Source by Dr. Ross Radel
Fusion Product Source Regions in the IEC Fusion Reactor by Bob Ashley
Effect of Helium and Deuterium Implantation on Tungsten Surfaces by Dr. Ben Cipiti
Alternate Applications of Fusion-Production of Radioisotopes by Dr. Gerald Kulcinski
Recent Progress in Steady State Fusion Using D-3He by Bob Ashley
Design of an Ion Source for 3He Fusion in a Low Pressure IEC Device by Dr. Gregory Piefer
D-3He Fusion in an Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Device by Bob Ashley
Steady-State D-3He Proton Production in an IEC Fusion Device by Bob Ashley
The Development of Lunar 3He Resources - Near-Term Applications and Long-Term Prospects by Dr. Gerald Kulcinski
Production of 13N via Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion by Maj. John Weidner