Pulsed Power Technology at Sandia National Laboratories

		Pulsed Power Technology at Sandia National Laboratories


	Time-exposure photograph of electrical flashover arcs produced over the surface of the water in the accelerator tank as a byproduct of Z operation. These flashovers are much like strokes of lightning

Pulsed Power Technology (PPT) is used to generate and apply energetic beams and high power energy pulses. It is distinguished by the development of repetitive pulsed power technologies, x-ray and energetic beam sources, and electromagnetic and radiation hydrodynamic codes for a wide variety of applications.

Some examples of these applications include:

Nuclear survivability and hardness testing
Light-ion-beam inertial confinement fusion
Materials processing
Waste and product sterilization
Food purification

National Collegiate Pulsed Power Research Institute (NCPPRI)
The NCPPRI is funded by the NNSA laboratory critical skill development program to funnel U.S. undergraduate and graduate students into pulsed power research areas.

Programs
Experimental and software programs.

Pulse Power Facilities
Including the Saturn x-ray source, the High-Energy Radiation Megavolt Electron Source (HERMES) III for gamma rays, the Z-Machine, and others.

Published Papers

Other Radiation Facilities
Including Annular Core Research Reactor (ACRR), Hot Cell Facility, Gamma Irradiation Facility (GIF), and others.

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