Scorpius takes shape - Los Alamos National Laboratory
2024年8月1日 · The accelerator cell modules are key components of the 400-foot-long linear accelerator that will create radiographic images of subcritical plutonium experiments. When …
Scorpius Accelerator: 24 line-replaceable units mark major …
2023年9月12日 · Members of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL’s) Advanced Sources and Detectors (ASD) Scorpius accelerator team recently marked a major milestone in …
New machine to enhance understanding of nuclear weapons’ …
2024年3月27日 · The accelerator cell modules are key components of the 400-foot-long linear accelerator that will create radiographic images of subcritical plutonium experiments. When …
Nevada National Security Site - Los Alamos National Laboratory
2023年4月28日 · Scorpius will cost more than $1 billion to build and will weigh about one million pounds. Construction on the underground tunnel that will house Scorpius is nearly complete, …
LANL: New Machine To Enhance Understanding Of Nuclear …
2024年3月31日 · When Scorpius operates, solid-state pulsed-power systems created by Livermore will energize an injected electron beam and provide power for the accelerator …
US’ new nuke testing accelerator is 2.44 million pound, 400-foot …
2024年4月4日 · Scorpius accelerator will play a key role in maintaining the nuclear stockpile. Work that began on March 7 aims to build two accelerator modules for the Scorpius system, …
LLNL delivers eight Scorpius pulsed-power modules to Los Alamos
2021年7月29日 · Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) recently delivered eight prototype pulsed-power modules for testing to Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), …
Scorpius images to test nuclear stockpile simulations
2023年10月5日 · One thousand feet below the ground, three national defense labs and a remote test site are building Scorpius — a machine as long as a football field — to create images of …
The Scorpius Accelerator and the NNSS [Slides] - OSTI.GOV
2022年6月28日 · Scorpius is an electron accelerator designed to take x-ray images of weapon components (Flash Radiography). The final design was completed in January 2022. The …
LLNL delivers eight Scorpius pulsed-power modules to Los Alamos
2021年8月6日 · Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) recently delivered eight prototype pulsed-power modules for testing to Los Alamos National Laboratory. (LANL), …