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Abstract. Reviewed is the present status of the inertial confinement
energy (IFE) research. The highlights of the IFE presentations are as
follows. Toward demonstrating ignition and burning of imploded plasmas,
ignition facilities of mega jule class blue laser system are under
construction at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the CEA
laboratory of Bordeaux. The central ignition by both indirect drive and
direct drive will be explored by the middle of 2010's. A new ignition
concept so called ``fast ignition'' has also been investigated intensively
in the last two years. Peta watt level (1PW
0.1PW output) CPA lasers
have been used for heating solid targets and imploded plasmas. With
50J500J/psec pulses, solid targets are found to be heated up to 300eV.
They were measured by X-ray spectroscopy, neutron energy spectrum, and so
on. Summarized are also researches on simulation code developments, target
design and fabrication, heavy ion beam fusion, Z-pinch based X-ray source,
and laser driver technology.
IAEA 2001
