The National Ignition Facility (NIF) is the world’s largest and most precise laser system, designed for cutting-edge research in nuclear fusion, energy security, and high energy density science.

The National Ignition Facility (NIF) is a laser -based inertial confinement fusion (ICF) research facility, located at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California, United …

National Ignition Facility, laser-based fusion research device, located at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California, U.S. A major goal for the device is to create a self …

The National Ignition Facility (NIF) is the world’s largest and highest-energy laser system. Our unique energy and power enable cutting-edge research to help keep the U.S. stockpile safe …

NIF enables scientists from across the nation and around the world to conduct unprecedented experiments in nuclear physics, high energy density science, materials science, weapon …

NIF’s laser beams can create nuclear fusion in the laboratory by generating the same kinds of temperatures and pressures that exist in the cores of stars and giant planets and inside …

On Aug. 8, 2021, NIF stunned the world’s scientific community by achieving a yield of more than 1.35 MJ, putting researchers at the threshold of ignition and opening access to a whole new …

Nov 13, 2025 · A Los Alamos National Laboratory-led team working in conjunction with LLNL has achieved ignition at NIF. The team conducted an experiment that generated a yield of 2.4 MJ …

The NIF User Group includes researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s national laboratories, international fusion energy researchers, scientists from academia, and other …

A historic inertial confinement fusion (ICF) experiment at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) on December 5, 2022, achieved ignition and energy gain, with 2.05 megajoules (MJ) of delivered …