Plans for Ignition Experiments on NIF

Conference · Fri Jul 27 00:00:00 EDT 2007

OSTI ID:921340

Moses, E

The National Ignition Facility (NIF) is a 192-beam Nd-glass laser facility presently under construction at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in support of inertial confinement fusion (ICF) and high-energy-density (HED) science. NIF will produce 1.8 MJ, 500 TW of ultraviolet light, making it the world's largest and most powerful laser system. NIF will be the world's preeminent facility for the study of matter at extreme temperatures and densities and for producing and developing ICF. The ignition studies will be the next important step in developing inertial fusion energy.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 921340
• Report Number(s): UCRL-PROC-233384; TRN: US0801697
• Resource Relation: Conference: Presented at: 7th Symposium on Current Trends in International Fusion Research, Washington, DC, United States, Mar 05 - Mar 09, 2007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING
CONSTRUCTION
IGNITION
INERTIAL CONFINEMENT
LASERS
LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
US NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY