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Research on Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) is motivated by its potential defense and civilian applications, including ultimately the generation of electric power. The U. S. ICF Program was reviewed recently by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the Fusion Policy Advisory Committee (FPAC). Both committees issued final reports in 19911,2 which recommended that first priority in the ICF program be placed on demonstrating fusion ignition and modest gain (G<10). The |U. S.^Department of Energy and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have proposed an upgrade of the existing Nova Laser Facility at LLNL to accomplish these goals. Both the NAS and FPAC have endorsed the upgrade of Nova as the optimal path to achieving ignition and gain.
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Lowdermilk, W.H. et al. (1992). The Nova Upgrade Facility for ICF Ignition and Gain. In: Miley, G.H., Hora, H. (eds) Laser Interaction and Related Plasma Phenomena. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3324-5_26
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