When Peer Review Fails
The Roots of the National Ignition Facility (NIF) Debacle

This June 2000 report from NRDC's nuclear program details serious problems with the National Ignition Facility, a laser facility under construction by the Department of Energy at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, including enormous cost overruns as well as the likely inability of the project to achieve its primary mission -- fusion ignition. The report, written by NRDC senior researcher Christopher Paine, also offers recommendations regarding the future of the NIF.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Executive Summary
Findings
List Of Acronymns
Addendum: Personal Views of the Author

Related NRDC Pages
NRDC's NIF and Stockpile Stewardship Resource Page

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