Optics – National Academy calls for fusion energy roadmap
Optics – National Academy calls for fusion energy roadmap
08 Mar 2012
Interim report recommends making effective use of the National Ignition Facility to assess energy-generating potential.
A committee at the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has recommended that the National Ignition Facility (NIF) becomes a major part of a drive to assess the feasibility of inertial fusion as a practical source of energy.
At present, the 192-laser NIF is focused primarily on fundamental science and addressing technical issues related to stewardship of the country’s nuclear weapons stockpile – but in recent months the project’s senior management team have increasingly highlighted the energy-generating potential of the technology.
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