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NIF Home > Newsroom > Project Status > 2013

NIF Status Update – 2013

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.

January —

• NIF Sets Records for Target Shots and Wavelength Changes
• New Year Begins with Equation-of-State Experiments
• Three-Axis Keyhole Experiments Conducted
• Re-emit and Planar Ablator Experiments
• Pace of Experiments Quickens at Month's End

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