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  • 3D illustration of a tokamak fusion reactor
    In fusion reactor: Principles of inertial confinement

    …the first method, known as indirect drive, the pellet is located inside a hollow cylindrical shell known as a hohlraum, and the driver is aimed at the walls of the hohlraum. The hohlraum absorbs the driver’s energy and then radiates the target with intense X-rays, which cause the pellet to…

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