Laser Megajoule testing. Engineer adjusting a device that will be used to take photographs to check the quality of the lasers being used in the Laser
Laser Megajoule testing. Engineer adjusting a device that will be used to take photographs to check the quality of the lasers being used in the Laser Megajoule (LMJ). The LMJ is an experimental nuclear fusion device being built near Bordeaux, France, using the inertial confinement fusion (ICF) method. It uses 240 laser beams and megajoules of power to heat a target to the point where fusion and power generation occurs. Construction of the LMJ started with the Laser Integration Line (LIL, 8 lasers), completed in 2002 and due to be expanded into the full LMJ by 2012. Photographed in the LIL beamline at the Le Barp facility of the French Atomic Agency (CEA).
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