Time-exposure photograph of electrical flashover arcs produced over the surface of the water in the accelerator tank as a byproduct of Z operation. These flashovers are much like strokes of lightning
Sandia's Repetitive High-Energy Pulsed Power (RHEPP) I facility is an operational testbed for the development of IBEST technology. This 1 MV, 25 kA, 60 ns pulse-width ion accelerator has operated at an output beam power of 90 kW.