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Z Pulsed Power Facility
The
Z Pulsed Power Facility
, informally known as the
Z machine
, is the largest high frequency
electromagnetic wave
generator in the world and is designed to test materials in conditions of extreme temperature and pressure. Since its refurbishment in October 1996 it has been used primarily as an
inertial confinement fusion
(ICF) research facility. Operated by
Sandia National Laboratories
, it gathers data to aid in
computer modeling
of
nuclear weapons
and eventual
nuclear fusion pulsed power plants
. The Z machine is located at Sandia's main site in
Albuquerque
,
New Mexico
.
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