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Plasma-Focus Device

A Plasma-Focus Device (5 KJ), with the use of equipment on loan from ENEA and Pirelli Labs, has been constructed at the MLab (see Experimental Setup) under the supervision of Prof. Vladimir Gribkov, Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP), Moscow, Russia; and Dr. Ryszard Miklaszewski, Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion (IPPLM), Warsaw, Poland; and in collaboration with Ass. Prof. P. Lee, Plasma Radiation Sources Laboratory, NIE, Singapore and Dr. Leopoldo Soto, Chilean Nuclear Energy Commission (CCHEN), Chile.

A full report of the project is available: Dense Plasma Focus “Bora” operational at the ICTP and experiments provided with the device.

There is a very fruitful collaboration between MLab and the Institutions mentioned above:

PF-1000, IPPLM Warsaw, Poland

NX-1 Singapore

PF-10 ITEP, Moscow

PF4-Ripetitive Plasma Focus (1 Hz)

ENEA Brasimone Plasma Focus Laboratory

Portable DPF ING-102

(VNIIA)

E = 0.2 kJ

Weight = 15 kg

Neutron yield 10 n/shot

PF-6 pre-prototype of the radiation sources (IPPLM)
	Condenser battery, pseudo-spark gaps and collector of the PF-6
PF-6 chamber optimised for maximum neutron yield (810⁸ neutrons/shot from DD reactions)*