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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
- 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
- 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