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Re:US Department of Energy: Fusion Ignition Achieved by moloch-hai on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @08:25PM (#33978811)
Plus $10M for the target bead.
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Re:US Department of Energy: Fusion Ignition Achieved by philipkglass on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @08:32PM (#33978878)
Where did you see this estimate for hohlraum cost?

The NIF fired 368 shots in 2021:

https://lasers.llnl.gov/for-users/nif-target-shot-metrics

At $10 million per target that would cost $3.7 billion. The annual LLNL budget (which includes NIF) is only $2.8 billion:

https://www.llnl.gov/doing-business/economic-impact

As of 2004, the targets were reported to cost $2500 each:

https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/828518

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Re:US Department of Energy: Fusion Ignition Achieved by moloch-hai on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @01:03AM (#33980509)
Got it from a comment on here.

The 2004 targets didn't work. Neither did the 368 shots in 2021. Maybe ones that work cost more?

Even $2500 for 1 kWh is rather steep.

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