May 2000 Highlights of the Pulsed Power Inertial Confinement Fusion Program Z logo designed by Ileana Mendez, wife of Tim Renk. Sandia is a multiprogram national security lab, operated by Sandia Corp., a Lockheed Martin Co., for the U.S. Dept. of Energy. Pressure vs density curves for D 2 from L. Collins.
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Click over image with right mouse button to open or save image. Click over image with right mouse button to open or save image. The external review of our programs was May 17-19. In the oral outbrief summary, the panel noted the increased level of high quality, innovative, and exciting science done in the last 3 years. Weapon scientists who use Z have expressed interest in improvements in the quality and precision of the data and the x-ray energy available.