Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is the Coordinator of the Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE) Element for the Virtual Laboratory for Technology. LLNL assists the Department of Energy's Office of Fusion Energy Sciences (OFES) by developing research and development plans and coordinating the national IFE activities.

LLNL also plays key technical roles in the areas of chamber technology, chamber/driver interface, safety and environment, and system modeling and integration. To see how IFE Technology fits in with the OFES, view this organizational chart.

DOE Mission for IFE Technology:
Address and resolve the critical issues for high-rep-rate chamber concepts, target fabrication and injection for heavy ion and laser drivers through assessment studies, experiments and numerical simulations.

How Inertial Fusion Works

The total fusion energy released per pulse is about equal to the energy released by burining thirty pounds of coal.

View our HYLIFE-II Driver-Chamber Interface Pro/Engineer Drawings