http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29964926/Super-laser fully operational at last
U.S. certifies $3.5 billion facility capable of simulating H-bomb’s energy
WASHINGTON - After more than a decade of work and $3.5 billion, engineers have completed the world's most powerful laser, capable of simulating the energy force of a hydrogen bomb and the sun itself.
The federal Energy Department will announce Tuesday that it has officially certified the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, clearing the way for a series of experiments over the next year that eventually is hoped will mimic the heat and pressure found at the center of the sun.
Phase two was tucked into the porkulus bill I understand.
Originally Posted by JohnnyMack
