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Title: The National Ignition Facility: The Path to a Carbon-Free Energy Future

Abstract

The National Ignition Facility (NIF), the world's largest and most energetic laser system, is now operational at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). The NIF will enable exploration of scientific problems in national strategic security, basic science and fusion energy. One of the early NIF goals centers 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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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1022136
Report Number(s):
LLNL-PROC-474593
Journal ID: ISSN 1364-503X; TRN: US1104157
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-48
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Journal Volume: 370; Journal Issue: 1973; Conference: Presented at: The Royal Society Conference, London, United Kingdom, Mar 19 - Mar 21, 2011
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING; ACCURACY; EXPLORATION; LASERS; LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY; OPTICS; SECURITY; THERMONUCLEAR IGNITION; THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS; US NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY

Citation Formats

Stolz, C J. The National Ignition Facility: The Path to a Carbon-Free Energy Future. United States: N. p., 2011. Web. doi:10.1098/rsta.2011.0260.
Stolz, C J. The National Ignition Facility: The Path to a Carbon-Free Energy Future. United States. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2011.0260
Stolz, C J. 2011. "The National Ignition Facility: The Path to a Carbon-Free Energy Future". United States. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2011.0260. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1022136.
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abstractNote = {The National Ignition Facility (NIF), the world's largest and most energetic laser system, is now operational at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). The NIF will enable exploration of scientific problems in national strategic security, basic science and fusion energy. One of the early NIF goals centers 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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