Tuesday, March 10, 2009

World's largest laser gears up for ignition experiments

LIVERMORE, Calif. - Construction of the National Ignition Facility (NIF), the world's largest and highest-energy laser system, was essentially completed on Feb. 26, when technicians at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), where the laser is located, fired the first full system shot to the center of the NIF target chamber.

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