Super Laser at the National Ignition Facility

latitude 37.679754, longitude -121.698912

It's the largest laser beam in the world and it's being built in the Bay Area. The National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will shoot tremendous bursts of energy at an area the size of a pencil eraser. The goal? To create fusion ignition, a potential clean energy source for the 21st century.

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Original Air Date: Tuesday, Apr 15, 2008
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Super Laser at the NIF Educator Guide

Help your students understand fusion and the real-life implications it may have on how we produce energy in the future.
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