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05-04-08, 09:52 PM
National Ignition Facility & Photon Science
https://lasers.llnl.gov/swf/movieloader.swf
Creating a miniature star on Earth: that's the goal of the National Ignition Facility (NIF),
the world's largest laser. When completed in 2009, NIF will focus the intense energy of 192 giant laser
beams on a BB-sized target filled with hydrogen fuel – fusing, or igniting, the hydrogen atoms' nuclei.
This is the same fusion energy process that makes the stars shine and provides the life-giving energy of the sun.
NIF is a program of the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration.
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https://lasers.llnl.gov/swf/movieloader.swf
Creating a miniature star on Earth: that's the goal of the National Ignition Facility (NIF),
the world's largest laser. When completed in 2009, NIF will focus the intense energy of 192 giant laser
beams on a BB-sized target filled with hydrogen fuel – fusing, or igniting, the hydrogen atoms' nuclei.
This is the same fusion energy process that makes the stars shine and provides the life-giving energy of the sun.
NIF is a program of the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration.
>>http://www.noobsters.com/forum/images/icons/katomic.png<< (https://lasers.llnl.gov/)