Archive for January 2022
Recent inertial confinement fusion experiments at NIF reaching 1.35 MJ and the Lawson criterion for ignition
SPEAKER: DR. ANDREA (ANNIE) L. KRITCHER DATE/TIME: FRI, 01/28/2022 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: via Zoom Spring 2022 Colloquium Series Abstract: The inertial fusion community have been working towards ignition for decades, since the idea of inertial confinement fusion (ICF) was first proposed by Nuckolls, et al., in 1972. On August 8, 2021, the Lawson…
Read MoreWith great sadness of the passing of Hans Mark
With great sadness of the passing of Hans Mark January 5th, 2022 Hans Mark, who served as chair of the Department of Nuclear Engineering and administrator of the Berkeley Research Reactor from 1964 to 1969, died Saturday, Dec. 18, at the age of 92. Mark was a giant in his field, serving as NASA Deputy…
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