Article: NIF: the saga continues. (Slants & Trends).(National Ignitition Facility; nuclear weapons research facility)(Brief Article)

Article: NIF-ty exercise machine: is NIF a fancy ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists;  September 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... fission weapons, NIF experiments would ... understanding of nuclear weapons physics and, arguably ... data relevant to nuclear weapons in the areas of ... Furthermore, the NIF will help to improve ... computer modelling of nuclear weapons, transfer sophisticated ...

Article: New NIF baseline report fails to reconcile friends, foes. ...
Fusion Power Report;  September 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... to evaluate future nuclear weapons modifications, or the effects of aging on nuclear weapons. They also question ... assumptions on which the NIF is based, including ... other options for NIF, on the overall nuclear weapons program; and * Certifies ...

Article: NIF EXPERIMENTS MAY ANSWER COSMIC QUESTIONS
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 31, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... National Ignition Facility (NIF). As the world's largest and highest-energy laser, NIF will be uniquely capable of ... as well as inside exploding nuclear weapons. Scientists hope the data they can obtain from NIF experiments will provide new ...

Article: NNSA, MARCH 2007: NIF ACHIEVES MAJOR MILESTONES
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... beams, each known as a cluster. NIF's four clusters of laser beams ... thermonuclear burn. Experiments at NIF will study physical processes at ... interior of stars and in exploding nuclear weapons. NIF is a key component of NNSA's stockpile ...

Article: NIF funds released.(National Ignition Facility )
Fusion Power Report;  May 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... March 2001 Defense Programs NIF Status Review have confirmed ... that completing the 192-beam NIF on the approved baseline meets ... and reliability of the current nuclear weapons stockpile." 5. "The Project ... following conclusions. "1. The NIF Project should continue along ...

Article: End run around the NPT. (nonproliferation treaty)(reply to Hugh ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists;  September 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... the weapons laboratories take NIF's nuclear-weapons applications--and its direct ... seriously. The indirect effect NIF and the "stockpile stewardship ... exemplify a continued commitment to nuclear weapons as core instruments of national ...

Article: Is NIF DOA? Dispute over need for laser
Oakland Tribune;  July 7, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... executives at Lawrence Livermore nuclear weapons laboratory are playing their ... relationship, if any, the NIF has to keeping the U.S. nuclear ... physicist Seymour Sack, calls NIF "worse than useless" because ... nonsense" in claims that without NIF the nation will not have confidence ...