Conclusions
The computational results for the main parameters of the energy model of the laser system pumped from a pulsed reactor show that a quite high energy of the laser beam can be achieved. An experimental demonstration of this possibility is now one of the most important stages for further development of investigations in the region of direct conversion of fission energy into laser radiation.
This problem can be solved when the stand with a power model of the reactor-laser system, developed at the Main Science Center of the Russian Federation — Physics and Power Engineering Institute, is put into operation at the end of 1996.
We thank A. P. Barzilov and O. F. Kukharchuk for assisting in the calculations and in organizing the present paper.
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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 80, No. 5, pp. 361–365, May, 1996.
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Gulevich, A.V., D'yachenko, P.P., Zrodnikov, A.V. et al. Power model of a laser system pumped by a pulsed reactor. At Energy 80, 339–343 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02418714
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