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’Six-Step’ Program Prescribed for Ignition Facility

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Daniel S. Burgess

US Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson presented a six-step plan to address the management problems that have menaced the National Ignition Facility project at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, Calif. The $1.2 billion fusion research program, which Richardson had proclaimed to be "on time and on budget," is two years behind schedule and facing cost overruns of up to $350 million. Richardson stressed that the laser facility's problems are not technological. "The underlying science of the [facility] remains sound," he said in an official statement Sept. 3. "These...Read full article

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