National Ignition Facility shorts

Source- https://lasers.llnl.gov/multimedia/video_gallery/

A collection of short videos regarding various aspects of the National Ignition Facility.

0:00
KDP Crystal Growth
Watch a synthetic seed crystal grow into an 800-pound potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KDP) crystal for use in the National Ignition Facility.

0:56
Optical Processing Facility
This video shows the painstaking process of preparing lenses, crystals and other optics for installation in NIF.

1:58
Optics Assembly Building
Watch technicians in clean-room body suits install a lens into a line replaceable unit for installation in a NIF beamline.

2:26
PAM Factory
In this video technicians assemble and align the components of NIF preamplifier modules, or PAMs.

3:18
Optical Switch
Technicians are shown testing the plasma electrode Pockels cell, or PEPC, a key component in the NIF beamline.

4:09
Target Chamber Construction
Watch the huge NIF target chamber being assembled and lifted into place in the target bay.

5:06
Target Chamber Exterior
This video shows the locations on the NIF target chamber where the final optics assemblies will be attached.

6:02
Target Chamber Interior
Ride along with NIF technicians as they take you inside the target chamber on a specially designed lift.

6:51
Control Room
Watch and listen as NIF Control Room operators prepare for a laser shot.

8:11
Deformable Mirror
See how NIF's unique deformable mirrors correct for aberrations in the laser beam.

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Science & Technology

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[dragonamt]

@congressmon lol? The first hydrogen bomb test was in 1954, we achieved fusion over half a century ago, and the sun and stars have been doing it for billions of years. People think it is impossible to harness the energy (directly, though solar power, photosynthesis are indirect I suppose), but if the process is possible, why would people think we can't control it? We can grow babies in test tubes so what can't we achieve? I laugh at those people who doubt human potential.

[ANewNormalcy]

A fourteen-story crane.

What is that in football fields?

[Mr1lizard]

i'll be glad if they don't blow up the bay area years late and billions over budget right on

[kylehyde28]

@Grundalizer If you can survive a murderous and bitchy AI named GLaDOS, you'll be alright :P

[Grundalizer]

HOLY SHIT THIS IS AWESOME. I'd work here for free

[followthefleet1]

The NIF is a great experiment. However for practical fusion feeding electricity to the grid, ignition would need to occur 10 times a second. This facility will produce fusion once every month at best...so there's a way to go. But just because there's a way to go, doesn't mean than humanity shouldn't, or can't, go there. More than ever, we need to.

[Theonlyuberpickle]

Fuckin miracles

[lysreng]

It's a great machine for science on the Laser energy . Thank

[congressmon]

I remember 15 years ago when geeks and visionaries were being laughed at and ridiculed for even thinking fusion was possible.

[congressmon]

Yeah .... @obesehairydog ... but the fools can't solve problems like obesity, world hunger, or poverty.... And it only cost about 3 billion to build the tokamak, while the "war" in Iraq/Afghanistan cost at least 80 billion and continues to rack up a bill.

[debate420]

Is this for real? Star Wars. I need more Explanation.