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Project Status – 2010

A periodic update of progress on the National Ignition Campaign.

December —

  • NIF Shots Test Fuel Capsule Implosion Velocity
  • Shock Timing and Neutron Yield Experiments Continue

November —

  • NIF Sets Record for Laser Energy on Target
  • X-ray Symmetry Experiments
  • Shock Timing and Radiation Transport Experiments

October —

  • NIF Sets Record for Neutron Yield
  • Symmetry Capsule Experiments
  • Shock Timing Experiments

September —

  • NIC Conducts First Integrated Ignition Experiment
  • Neutron Diagnostics Calibration Experiments

August —

  • NIC Gears Up for High-Energy Shots on Layered Targets
  • Shock Timing Technique Demonstrated

July —

  • Management Prestart Review of NIF Operations Held
  • Committee Reviews NIF HED Science Proposals

June —

  • Shots Resume to Target Chamber Center

April/May —

  • Ignition Preparation Period Picks Up Steam

March —

  • CryoTARPOS Installed on NIF Target Chamber
  • Ignition Preparation Period Update

February —

  • Ignition Preparation Period Continues to Advance

January —

  • Ignition Preparation Period Continues
  • Eighty Proposals for HED Science at NIF Submitted
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