The National Ignition Facility PDF Download

Are you looking for read ebook online? Search for your book and save it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Download The National Ignition Facility PDF full book. Access full book title The National Ignition Facility by Jim Wells. Download full books in PDF and EPUB format.

The National Ignition Facility

The National Ignition Facility PDF Author: Jim Wells
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 9780756705374
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 50

Get Book Here

Book Description
The Univ. of CA, under contract to the DoE to operate Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., is building the Nat. Ignition Facility. DoE considers the Nat. Ignition Facility an essential component of its Stockpile Stewardship Program, which is responsible for ensuring the safety & reliability of nuclear weapons in the absence of nuclear testing. The Nat. Ignition Facility was originally expected to cost about $2 billion when complete in 2002, but DoE has increased the cost & moved the completion date to 2006. This report determines the magnitude of the Nat. Ignition Facility's cost & schedule overruns; documents the reasons for them; & assesses the effects of the Nat. Ignition Facility's cost & schedule on other weapons programs. Tables.