“The EYC project will raise NIF’s peak recurring laser energy from 2.2 megajoules to 2.6 megajoules.”
Are there new or planned upgrades to the NIF optical system to effectively handle
the higher energy without increasing optical maintenance or replacement intervals?
https://www.energy.gov/nnsa/articles/nnsa-and-lawrence-livermore-national-laboratory-advance-laser-upgrade-nuclear-0
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By September 2012, NIF optics were pushed to their limit, and NIF still failed congressional ignition expectations, but that was a long while back. Maybe NIF optics are well beyond that damage threshold now.
On what basis or proof of principle, should NIF get one penny more? Come on now.
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