LLNL has issued the following invitation:

We are excited to discuss these results with you and to express our gratitude for the contributions and support from so many over the decades leading to this shot. This achievement would not have been possible without many years of dedication by the community.

We would like to invite you to attend a briefing on this shot on Wednesday, September 15 at 8am PT. This briefing, intended for a broad audience, will cover inertial confinement fusion, the components of this experiment, and the initial results and their implications.

Registration link: https://llnlevents.webex.com/llnlevents/onstage/g.php?MTID=e35f5fb3c84e7e4a50e4dc1a2b0e7606e

You may forward this link to colleagues within your organization who may be interested in attending. Please note that this Webex event doesnŐt have a call-in number available. If your institution doesnŐt support Webex, please consider an alternate device to sign in.

We look forward to seeing you in the audience!

Regards,

Richard Town
Deputy Associate Program Director, ICF Science
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

PS: The following videos might be helpful or of interest before the briefing, for those less familiar with NIF and its missions.

A 5-minute primer on NIF and its operation: https://youtu.be/yixhyPN0r3g

A 3-minute primer on Stockpile Stewardship: https://youtu.be/fI9BrwxwwbM

A 20-minute history and retrospective at the 10th year anniversary of NIF: https://youtu.be/KOZIx5JUHbc