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Livermore, CA. , U.S.A. 



HIGH-ENERGY LASER FACILITY ("NOVA") 

 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 

 U.S. Dept. of Energy 



"Big Science" Descriptor : Inert lal-conflneraent fusion 



Description of Facility/ Instrument : NOVA is a ten-beam, high-energy 



(70-100 kilo joule) , short-pulse neodymlura glass system and target 

 chamber. NOVA operates at the second harmonic, but can. In 

 principle, be converted to third and fourth harmonic operation 

 with some degradation in beam energy. NOVA is, at present and 

 for the foreseeable future, the world's most powerful laser 

 system. 



Date of Construction : December 1984 



Construction Cost ; 1984 $$ : $221 million 



Present International Cooperation 



Natlonality(s) of Ownership : U.S. 

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

 Nationallty(s) of Management Staff : U.S. 

 Nationality(s) of Researchers : U.S. 



Potential for Future International Cooperation : Unknown. The 

 laboratory director recently stated before a congressional 

 committee that the laboratory has not as yet explored the 

 potential for wider use of the facility beyond its designated 

 role as an Inertlal-conf inement fusion and weapons physics 

 research facility. 



