National Ignition Facility & Photon Science

LLNL scientists Daniel Casey, Daniel Clark, and Raymond Smith have been named 2024 American Physical Society (APS) Fellows

Three Lab Scientists Named 2024 APS Fellows

Oct. 21, 2024-

LLNL scientists Daniel Casey, Daniel Clark, and Raymond Smith have been named 2024 American Physical Society (APS) Fellows.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, ARPA-E and CHADWICK

LLNL-Led Team Receives ARPA-E Funding for Technology to Enable Fusion Power Plants

Oct. 21, 2024-

The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy awarded an LLNL-led team $3.4 million to develop new alloys for first wall fusion reactors.

Columbia University engineering student Lan Huse spent the summer working on a project for the NIF&PS Laser Systems Engineering & Operations team.

Circuits of Interest Led Engineering Intern to NIF&PS

Oct. 15, 2024-

An interest in engineering sparked by building circuit boards led Columbia University student Lan Huse to an internship with the NIF&PS Laser Systems Engineering & Operations (LASE) team.

Drew Willard, Brendan Reagan, and Issa Tamer work on the Tm:YLF laser systeml

Targeting Lasers as Sources

Oct. 15, 2024-

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is advancing laser-driven particle sources research to develop national security solutions.

‘Big Ideas Lab’ Podcast: A Two-Episode Series on Ignition

Oct. 15, 2024-

In the next two episodes of the "Big Ideas Lab" podcast, delve into what it took to achieve ignition—an accomplishment that was over 60 years in the making—and what it means for national security and the future of clean energy.

Children enjoy the Laser Roadshow science exhibit from LLNL’s National Ignition Facility & Photon Science (NIF&PS) Directorate

Celebrating the Art and Science of Ignition at City Center Bishop Ranch

Oct. 14, 2024-

The intersection of science and art was the centerpiece of a celebration at City Center Bishop Ranch for LLNL’s historic fusion ignition breakthrough NIF.

LLNL's Jim McCarrick and Alex Hess speak to attendees about inertial fusion energy and private-sector partnerships at the Roadrunner Tech Forum

LLNL Presents on Fusion Energy at Industry Collaboration Event

Oct. 7, 2024-

LLNL officials gave a presentation on translating the Lab’s historic December 2022 achievement of fusion ignition into a viable source of commercial fusion power.