Inertial Confinement Fusion Quarterly Report

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Inertial Confinement Fusion Quarterly Report

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The ICF Quarterly Report is published four times each fiscal year by the
Inertial Confinement Fusion Program at the Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory. The journal reports selected current research within the ICF
Program. Major areas of investigation include fusion target theory and
design, target fabrication, target experiments, and laser and optical
science and technology. In addition, the Laser Science and Technology
program element of LLNL's Laser Programs serves as a source of expertise
in developing laser and electro-optics capabilities in support of the ICF
mission and goals and also develops new lasers for government and
commercial applications. To keep our readers informed of these new
capabilities, the ICF Quarterly Report now covers additional non-ICF
funded, but related, laser research and development and associated
applications. We have also added a short summary of the quarterly
activities within Nova laser operations, Beamlet laser operations, and NIF
laser design. 

One of the more important aspects of ICF research is the national nature
of the program. LLNL's ICF program falls within DOE's national ICF program
that includes the Nova and Beamlet laser facilities at LLNL, as well as
the OMEGA (University of Rochester [Laboratory for Laser Energetics,
UR/LLE]), Nike (Naval Research Laboratory [NRL]), and the Trident [Los
Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)]. The Particle Beam Fusion Accelerator
(PBFA) and the Saturn pulsed power facilities are at Sandia National
Laboratory (SNL). General Atomics, Inc. (GA), develops and provides many
of the targets for the above experimental facilities. 

Contact:

perez7@llnl.gov