Overview of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is described in general terms: founded in 1952 by Drs. Teller and Lawrence as a national resource; dedicated to the security of the U.S.; facilities at Livermore., Site 300 and in Nevada; the 1988 operating budget is about /dollar sign/0.9B; employees approximately 8100. The evolution from the original nuclear weapons and magnetic fusion programs to biomedical, energy and other defense programs is discussed. Top level resource allocation, education level and population growth of personnel is presented. No specific weapons programs are mentioned. The general research capabilities of the inertial confinement fusion and atomic vapor laser isotope separation facilities are generally described. No specific experiments or processes are discussed. The major features of the advanced test accelerator and wiggler amplifier are described along with the gain measurements recently press-released. The experimental test accelerator as rebuilt for free electron laser heating of the Alcator/endash/C Tokamak is described. The relationship of this experiment to the international Tokamak design effort involving the USSR is discussed.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 7123764
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-98776; CONF-8806192-1; ON: DE88013811
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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