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Close ✕National Ignition Facility
The National Ignition Facility is a 192-beam laser at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California, completed in 2009.
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- achieved Breakeven — NIF achieved scientific breakeven with respect to laser energy delivered to the target on 5 December 2022.
- measured by Fusion energy gain (Q) and target gain — NIF's results are reported as target gain, fusion yield divided by laser energy on target, which is not the same quantity as a tokamak's Q_plasma.
- does not test Plasma-facing materials and first wall — NIF fires at most a few shots per day into a replaceable target chamber and therefore does not subject materials to the sustained neutron fluence a power plant first wall would see.
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