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1983 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 333-333
Author(s):  
H. Hora
Keyword(s):  
High Power ◽  
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ◽  
National Laboratory ◽  
Information Service ◽  
Technical Information ◽  
Laser Fusion ◽  
High Power Lasers ◽  
Port Royal ◽  
National Technical Information ◽  
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scholarly journals The National Ignition Facility: the path to a carbon-free energy future

2012 ◽  
Vol 370 (1973) ◽  
pp. 4115-4129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher J. Stolz
Keyword(s):  
Free Energy ◽  
Basic Science ◽  
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ◽  
Fusion Energy ◽  
National Laboratory ◽  
Laser System ◽  
Energy Gain ◽  
Laser Fusion ◽  
National Ignition Facility ◽  
Thermonuclear Ignition

The National Ignition Facility (NIF), the world's largest and most energetic laser system, is now operational at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The NIF will enable exploration of scientific problems in national strategic security, basic science and fusion energy. One of the early NIF goals centres on achieving laboratory-scale thermonuclear ignition and energy gain, demonstrating the feasibility of laser fusion as a viable source of clean, carbon-free energy. This talk will discuss the precision technology and engineering challenges of building the NIF and those we must overcome to make fusion energy a commercial reality.

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