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The entanglement of fusion energy research and bombs

By Arjun Makhijani | November 12, 2024

Big Foot Target Shot: This colorized image of a National Ignition Facility “Big Foot” deuterium-tritium (DT) implosion was taken on Feb. 7, 2016. The open target shroud, the ablation of a magnetic recoil neutron spectrometer foil holder, and the neutron imaging system nose cone can be seen at 9:00. The hardened gated x-ray imaging diagnostics are at 12:00 and 3:00. This shot was the Inertial Confinement Fusion program’s first layered DT fusion implosion using the Big Foot strategy in a sub-scale diamond ablator. Image courtesy of Don Jedlovec / National Ignition Facility LLNL

The entanglement of fusion energy research and bombs

By Arjun Makhijani | November 12, 2024

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