biostudies-literatureUnknown3Ross JSRecent progress towards demonstrating inertial confinement fusion (ICF) ignition at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) has sparked wide interest in Laser Inertial Fusion Energy (LIFE) for carbon-free large-scale power generation. A LIFE-based fleet of power plants promises clean energy generation with no greenhouse gas emissions and a virtually limitless, widely available thermonuclear fuel source. For the LIFE concept to be viable, target costs must be minimized while the target material efficiency or x-ray albedo is optimized. Current ICF targets on the NIF utilize a gold or depleted uranium cylindrical radiation cavity (hohlraum) with a plastic capsule at the center that contains the deuterium and tritium fuel. Here we show a direct comparison of gold and lead hohlraums in efficientlyScientific reports1453https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC3596797biostudies-literatureLead (Pb) hohlraum: target for inertial fusion energy.PMC3596797Dunne MMeeker DGlenzer SHNikroo AMoses EIRoss JSAtherton LJLindl JDWallace RAmendt PfalseLead (Pb) hohlraum: target for inertial fusion energy.Recent progress towards demonstrating inertial confinement fusion (ICF) ignition at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) has sparked wide interest in Laser Inertial Fusion Energy (LIFE) for carbon-free large-scale power generation. A LIFE-based fleet of power plants promises clean energy generation with no greenhouse gas emissions and a virtually limitless, widely available thermonuclear fuel source. For the LIFE concept to be viable, target costs must be minimized while the target material efficiency or x-ray albedo is optimized. Current ICF targets on the NIF utilize a gold or depleted uranium cylindrical radiation cavity (hohlraum) with a plastic capsule at the center that contains the deuterium and tritium fuel. Here we show a direct comparison of gold and lead hohlraums in efficiently2013-01-01T00:00:00Z20132025-04-26T08:57:42.622Z2019-03-27T01:06:02ZS-EPMC35967972348628510.1038/srep01453