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Albuquerque, NM. , U.S.A. 



ELECTRON BEAM FUSION ACCELERATOR 

 Sandia National Laboratories 

 U.S. Dept . of Energy 



"Big Science" Descriptor : Inertial-confinement fusion 



Description of Facility/Instrument : This facility is a pulse power 

 generator rated at about one megajoule at the diode, where 

 the energy was originally designed to emerge as a beam of 

 electrons focused in a small spot size. After 1980, the diode 

 design was changed to emit pos-itive ions (protons) and the 

 voltage has been raised to permit experiments with lithium 

 ions. The facility is scheduled to be converted in 1986 to a 

 weapons effects simulator. 



Date of Construction : 1980 



Construction Cost : Original : $13.5 million 



1984 $$ : $19 million 



Present International Cooperation 



Nationality(s ) of Ownership : U.S. 

 Nationality(s) of Operational Funding : U.S. 

 Nationality(s ) of Management Staff : U. S. 

 Nationality(s) of Researchers : uTs. 



Potential for Future International Cooperation: None. 



