Argus / Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory / U.S. Naval Research Laboratory / TRW / LLNL / /
Country
France / United States / /
Currency
USD / /
Facility
National Ignition Facility / U.S. Naval Research Laboratory / /
IndustryTerm
energy supply systems / laser light energy / fusion energy / beam energy / energy deposition / optical technology / energy / energy gain / thermonuclear device / technology base / high-energy electrons / technology obstacles / shaped high-energy pulse / light energy / energy research budget / glass laser technology / economical inertial fusion energy / incident x-ray energy / laser energy / /
Organization
NAS Committee on Prospects for Inertial Fusion Energy / Department of Energy / Natural Resources Defense Council / Congress / Division of Plasma Physics / American Physical Society / Clinton Administration / Ecole-Polytechnique / NAS Review Committee / National Nuclear Security Administration / /
Person
Christopher Paine / John Nuckolls / John Foster / Nova Upgrade / Stephen Bodner / /
Position
driver / LLNL artist / Director NRDC / Director of the Laser Fusion Program / physicist / Director / /
Background on the National Ignition Facility (NIF) Project Discussed in the Assessment by Dr. Stephen Bodner The Natural Resources Defense Council asked Dr. Stephen Bodner, former Director of the Laser Fusion Program at