Z Machine
Sandia National Laboratories' pulsed-power facility capable of delivering ~26 MA current pulses, used for MagLIF and other HEDP experiments.
Verified Primary Sources
- → LANL MagnetizedTargetFusion 1994 (p. 9) — 1994 — Los Alamos National Laboratory
- → LANL MagnetizedTargetFusion 1994 (p. 10) — 1994 — Los Alamos National Laboratory
- → LANL SNL ZMachine PuICE Waste 2012 (p. 2) — 2012 — Los Alamos National Laboratory
- → LANL SNL ZMachine PuICE Waste 2012 (p. 3) — 2012 — Los Alamos National Laboratory
- → LANL SNL ZMachine PuICE Waste 2012 (p. 5) — 2012 — Los Alamos National Laboratory
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Timeline Mentions (8)
Pulsed Power Technology Growth
Pulsed power technology begins rapid development, supported by the Atomic Energy Commission and Defense Nuclear Agency for radiation source testing.
MAGO project begins at VNIIEF (Russian nuclear weapons lab)
Russian MTF program at weapons lab. Communist Party decree. Same dual-use pattern as US.
Krasik Emigrates to Israel
Professor Yakov Krasik moves from the Soviet Union to the Weizmann Institute of Science, facilitating the transfer of Soviet pulsed power expertise to the West.
Joint US-Russian MAGO MTF collaboration begins
LANL and VNIIEF begin joint magnetized target fusion experiments using explosive pulsed power.
Joint US-Russian MAGO MTF experiment begins
LANL-VNIIEF joint magnetized target fusion experiment using explosive pulsed power.
Technion P4 Laboratory Established
Professor Krasik establishes the Plasma and Pulsed Power (P4) Laboratory at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.
SNL and LANL Sign Pu-ICE MOU
Sandia and Los Alamos sign a Memorandum of Understanding for Plutonium Isentropic Compression Experiments (Pu-ICE) to be conducted in the Z machine using LANL-provided plutonium.
Z Machine Pu-ICE Authorization
Sandia Site Office Manager Patty Wagner authorizes the commencement of Pu-ICE experiments in the Z machine.