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NIF Status Update – 2012

A monthly report on experimental progress at the National Ignition Facility. For more information on NIF & Photon Science activities and accomplishments, see the Photons & Fusion Newsletter.

December —

  • NIF Team Conducts Convergent Ablator and Compton Radiography Experiments
  • Facility Maintenance and Reconfiguration Period Completed
  • First EPEC Experiment on NIF
  • Polar Direct-Drive Experimental Campaign Begins
  • Experiments Test New Hohlraum Dimensions
  • Symcap Experiment Evaluates Laser-Plasma Interaction

November —

  • Layered Deuterium-Tritium Shock Timing Experiments Conducted
  • Second Shock-Timing Experiment with Ignition-Sized DT Layer Conducted
  • NIF Team Completes Two More Pleiades Experiments
  • ICF and HED Experiments Continue on NIF
  • Diagnostic Calibration and Symcap Experiments Conducted

October —

  • Examining the Discrepancies Between Simulations and Experiments
  • Facility Maintenance and Reconfiguration Period
  • Tantalum Backlighter and Re-emit Experiments Conducted
  • First Layered Keyhole Experiment Conducted

September —

  • Shock Timing Experiment Uses New Thermal Mechanical Package
  • Symcap and Compton Radiography Experiments
  • NIF Conducts Two More "Pleiades" Experiments
  • Backlighter-Development Experiment
  • DT Shot Tests Current NIF Experimental Platform

August —

  • X-ray Source Development and Optics Conditioning Shots Conducted
  • NIC Team Conducts Convergent Ablator Experiment
  • Second "Crystal Ball" Experiment Conducted
  • "Re-Emit" Experiments Examine Early Drive Symmetry

July —

  • NIC Team Fires First 500-Terawatt Shot on NIF
  • First 1.9-Megajoule Shot Fired on NIF Target
  • Experiments Study Hydrodynamic Instability in Thicker Capsules
  • Symcap and DIME Experiments Conducted

June —

  • Shock-Timing Experiments Conducted
  • Materials Strength Drive and "Crystal Ball" Experiments
  • Deuterium-Tritium Experiments Resume
  • X-ray Source Development Experiments Conducted
  • Convergent Ablator Experiment Tests Implosion Velocity

May —

  • FM&R Prepares NIF for 500-Terawatt Operation
  • NIF Team Readies Main Laser for Experiments

April —

  • Highest-Energy Target Shot Fired on NIF
  • Two More Streak Camera Implosion Experiments Conducted
  • Deuterium-Tritium Experiments Aim at Understanding Mixing
  • Facility Maintenance and Reconfiguration Period Begins

March —

  • NIF Reaches 1.8-Megajoule Milestone
  • Preparing for Transition to Depleted Uranium Hohlraums
  • University Use Experiments Examine EOS of Carbon and Iron
  • Streak Camera Captures "Stunning" Record of NIF Capsule Implosion
  • Pleiades Experiment Successfully Completed
  • Eliminating "Coasting" During Implosions
  • Experiments Improve Ignition Target Performance
  • High Energy Density Stewardship Science
  • NIC Experiment Measures Velocity in Layered Target

February —

  • Campaign to Optimize Ablator-Fuel Mix Begins
  • 500-Terawatt Performance Demonstrations Continue
  • First DT Mix Experiment with "Tri-Doped" Ablator
  • Six-Shot HED Stewardship Science Campaign Completed on Fast Track
  • NIC Experiments Calibrate Key Diagnostics

January —

  • NIF Fires Nearly Two Shots per Day in January
  • Shock-Timing Experiments Aim to Optimize Pressure in NIF Targets
  • First Compton Radiography Shot Fired
  • High Energy Density Experiments Resume
  • Convergent Ablator Experiments Prepare for Next DT Shots
  • Layered DT and X-ray Source Experiments
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