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mheslep
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"When Peer Review Fails" NIF Debacle
Anyone have or seen comments on
C.E. Paine, M. McKinzie, T.B. Cochran, "When Peer Review Fails
The Roots of the National Ignition Facility (NIF) Debacle", 2000
http://www.nrdc.org/nuclear/nif2/nif2inx.asp
Some primary criticisms:
-Cost escallation from $400M to $4B
-Beam energy derating down now to 0.6MJ, while the Halite-Centurion weapons experiments showed perhaps 20MJ is needed for ignition.
I'm unable to find any direct answers for the criticisms on the NIF site. I'll add one of my own: I don't see any handling of the 1st wall problem, which for a pulsed concept like NIF, must handle 10^8 more energy than a steady state design while protecting the beam entry points.
mheslep
Anyone have or seen comments on
C.E. Paine, M. McKinzie, T.B. Cochran, "When Peer Review Fails
The Roots of the National Ignition Facility (NIF) Debacle", 2000
http://www.nrdc.org/nuclear/nif2/nif2inx.asp
Some primary criticisms:
-Cost escallation from $400M to $4B
-Beam energy derating down now to 0.6MJ, while the Halite-Centurion weapons experiments showed perhaps 20MJ is needed for ignition.
I'm unable to find any direct answers for the criticisms on the NIF site. I'll add one of my own: I don't see any handling of the 1st wall problem, which for a pulsed concept like NIF, must handle 10^8 more energy than a steady state design while protecting the beam entry points.
mheslep