Pulsed Power Facilities at Sandia National Laboratories

		Pulsed Power Facilities at Sandia National Laboratories


	Time-exposure photograph of electrical flashover arcs produced over the surface of the water in the accelerator tank as a byproduct of Z operation. These flashovers are much like strokes of lightning.

Z Accelerator
Z is the world's most efficient (15%) and powerful laboratory x-ray source, producing x-ray powers in excess of 200 trillion watts. When the five-year project to refurbish Z is completed in 2007, x-ray energies of nearly three million joules and x-ray powers exceeding 300 trillion watts should be possible.

Z-Beamlet Laser
The Z-Beamlet Laser (ZBL) is the third largest pulsed laser in the world. It provides x-ray images of imploding capsules and wire-array dynamics on Z experiments.

Saturn Accelerator
Saturn is a modular, variable-spectrum, x-ray simulation source capable of producing 75 trillion watts in x rays.

Hermes III Accelerator
The High-Energy Radiation Megavolt Electron Source (HERMES) III accelerator is the world's most powerful gamma-ray simulator.

RHEPP I
Sandia's Repetitive High-Energy Pulsed Power (RHEPP) I facility, operating at 90 thousand watts, is a testbed for developing ion beam technologies such as the surface modification of materials.

RHEPP II
Sandia's Repetitive High-Energy Pulsed Power (RHEPP) II, operating at 300 thousand watts, evaluates pulsed power applications including materials processing and food sterilization.