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Rochester, NY., U.S.A. 



NATIONAL LASER USERS FACILITY ("OMEGA") 

 Laboratory for Laser Energetics 

 University of Rochester 



"Big Science" Descriptor : Inert lal -confinement fusion 



Description of Facility/Instrument ; A 24-beam high-energy (one to two 

 kllojoule), short-pulse neodymlum glass laser system is housed 

 in the laboratory. The laser is U.S. Government property, the 

 laboratory that of the University provided by the State of 

 New York. The laser recently has been converted to operate at 

 the third harmonic. Work is funded by the U.S. Department of 

 Energy as well as by a consortium of industrial and utility 

 sponsors. In addition, the DOE funds experiments by selected 

 users. 



Date of Construction: 1982 



Construction Cost: 



Original : 

 1984 $$ : 



$20.1 million 

 $31.3 million 



Present International Cooperation 



Natlonality(s) of Ownership : U.S. 

 Nationallty(s) of Operational Funding : U.S. 

 Nationality(8) of Management Staff ; U.S. 

 Natlonallty(s) of Researchers : mainly U.S. 



Potential for Future International Cooperation : Substantial, although 

 the facility is rather specialized. A number of non-fusion ex- 

 periments have been done and many more could be done given 

 funding and Interest among researchers. 



