IEER Science for Democratic Action Vol. 5 No. 2

Centerfold for Technoweenies:
 SBSS Facilities and Characteristics

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Hydrodynamic Testing Facilities

Facility Name
Type
Location
Status1
Design Capability
Advanced Hydrotest Facility (AHF) 4-6 Axes Unknown Proposed Next Generation Facility ($422 million)
Yes
Big Explosives Experimental Facility (BEEF) Large-scale experiments Nevada Test Site Existing
Yes
Contained Firing Facility (CFF), an FXR Upgrade Single Axis, Dual Pulse Livermore Proposed in SSM Programmatic EIS. ($48.5 million)
Yes
Dual Axis Radiographic Hydrodynamic Test Facility (DARHT) Dual Axis Los Alamos Court Injunction lifted, construction resumed ($48 million)
Yes
Explosive Components Facility Component Development Sandia Completed ($27.8 million)
Yes
Flash X-Ray (FXR) Single Axis Livermore Existing
Yes
High Explosives Applications Facility (HEAF) New High Explosives Testing Livermore Existing
Yes
LYNER Hydrodynamic and Hydronuclear Nevada Test Site Existing
Yes
PHERMEX Single Axis Los Alamos Existing
Yes
PHERMEX Upgrade Single Axis, Dual Pulse Los Alamos Not Completed
Yes


High Energy Density Testing Facilities and Accelerators

Facility Name
Type
Location
Status14
Design Capability
Atlas Capacitor Bank Pulsed Power Los Alamos Proposed in SSM Programmatic EIS ($48.4 million)
Yes
Bright Source II Laser Los Alamos Existing
Yes
LANSCE II program to convert LAMPF2 Accelerator Los Alamos Proposed ($650 million)
Yes
Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility (LAMPF)2 Accelerator Los Alamos Existing
Yes
National Ignition Facility ICF Laser Livermore is the preferred location Proposed in SSM Programmatic EIS (~$1 billion)
Yes
Nova Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) Laser Livermore Existing
Yes
Pegasus II Capacitor-Bank Pulsed Power Los Alamos Existing
Yes
Procyon High Explosive Pulsed Power Los Alamos Existing
Yes
Trident Laser Los Alamos Existing
Yes
Ultra-Short Pulse Laser Livermore Existing
Yes

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December, 1997

ENDNOTES
  1. For proposed facilities, estimated construction costs are provided. These costs do not include operation or decommissioning of the facility.

  2. This facility does not reach the energy densities of the other facilities on this list, but is included in order to show the range of facilities at DOE's disposal.