Pulsed Power News and Reviews

	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.

• Sandia imagists view imploding wire arrays on Z (November 10, 2004)
• Z's $61.7 million refurbishment to advance capabilities (October 21, 2004)
• Z produces fusion neutrons (April 7, 2003)
• Former shock physics manager (Asay) elected to NAE (February 20, 2003)
• Z-Beamlet image shows Z evenly compresses pellet (August 30, 2001)
• Magnetic field shocklessly shoots flyer plates to obtain material property data (February 21, 2001)
• Sandia researcher wins IEEE early achievement award in plasma physics (January 20, 2000)
• Sandia researchers push Z to new limits to test radiation effects (June 16, 1999)
• Sandia proposes accelerator design for high-yield fusion (April 8, 1998)
• Z output climbs closer to fusion (August 1, 1997)
• High-output accelerator able to predict nuclear blast physics (December 2, 1996)
• Saturn accelerator achieves record-breaking x-ray outputs (April 24, 1996)

• Z accelerator used to interpret data from x-ray observatory (November 5, 1999)

• Magnetically powered train development project receives Congressional funding (October 31, 2000)
• Team Specialty Products to break ground for new building in Sandia Science and Technology Park (March 9, 2000)
• Concept for rapid-fire thermonuclear explosions proposed by Sandia scientists (September 13, 1999)
• Sandia awards pulsed power support contract to Ktech (March 6, 1998)
• Sandia and 8 universities to pilot "Center of Excellence" for aircraft safety (September 29, 1997)
• Low-cost energy beam commercialized by Sandia researchers (April 9, 1996)

• 2000 Garwin Committee Report
• 2002 Trivelpiece Committee Report
• 2004 Trivelpiece Committee Report

• Highlights
: monthly one-page summaries of ICF Program (historical)

• Special Reports
: provide historical perspective on the transition from light ions to z pinches

• Ion Source Requirements for Light Ion Beam Fusion

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