Title :
The National Ignition Facility and laser fusion energy
Author_Institution :
Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., Livermore, CA, USA
fDate :
Aug. 28 2011-Sept. 1 2011
Abstract :
This talk provides an update of the NIC on the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the roadmap to demonstrate laser fusion as a viable source of baseload carbon-free energy.
Keywords :
laser fusion; plasma inertial confinement; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; NIC update; National Ignition Facility; baseload carbon-free energy; laser fusion energy; Cryogenics; Ignition; Laboratories; Laser fusion; Materials; Power generation; Power lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference & Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/IQEC/PACIFIC RIM), 2011
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1939-4
DOI :
10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6193593