How LLNL launched ‘The Age of Ignition’ at NIF. How did LLNL make history at the National Ignition Facility by achieving fusion ignition on Dec. 5, 2022? Our special expanded report, The Age of Ignition, explains how this was accomplished, how it helps strengthen national security, and what it means for science and energy.

The National Ignition Facility (NIF) is the size of a sports stadium—three football fields could fit inside. NIF’s unique energy and power enable cutting-edge research to help keep America safe and secure, explore new frontiers of science, and lay the groundwork for a clean, sustainable source of energy.

On Dec. 5, a team at LLNL’s National Ignition Facility (NIF) conducted the first controlled fusion experiment in history to reach this milestone, also known as scientific energy breakeven, meaning it produced more energy from fusion than the laser energy used to drive it.

The National Ignition Facility (NIF) is a laser-based inertial confinement fusion (ICF) research device, located at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California, United States. NIF's mission is to achieve fusion ignition with high energy gain .

The NIF & Photon Science Directorate is a premier international center for experimental science. NIF’s powerful laser beams create temperatures and pressures similar to those that exist in the cores of stars and giant planets and inside exploding nuclear weapons.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory supports stockpile stewardship through a wide range of experiments including study of fusion ignition and operates as a national user facility for high-energy-density science.

The monumental, first-ever demonstration of fusion ignition by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL) National Ignition Facility (NIF) marks a potentially world-changing breakthrough for fusion energy and a key initial step in a decades-long quest for limitless clean energy, U.S. government officials and LLNL scientists said Tuesday.

National Ignition Facility Overview. 1.1. National Ignition Facility and Users. 1.2. History. 2. Governance, Roles and Metrics. 2.1. Governance Plan. 2.2. Time Allocation and Experiment Scheduling. 2.3. Key Individuals, Committees, and Programs. 2.4. Experimental Execution Roles and Responsibilities. 2.5. Performance Metrics. 2.6. NIF User Group.

On Aug. 8, 2021, an experiment at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL’s) National Ignition Facility (NIF) made a significant step toward ignition, achieving a yield of more than 1.3 megajoules (MJ). This advancement puts researchers at the threshold of fusion ignition, an important goal of the NIF, and opens access to a new ...

5 天之前 · This year’s National Ignition Facility (NIF) and Jupiter Laser Facility (JLF) User Groups Meeting, held from February 11–13, highlighted the progress made to capitalize on and sustain NIF’s capabilities as well as the scientific advancements made in JLF’s first full year of operations following a major refurbishment.