Jun 27, 2023
High-performance computing, AI and cognitive simulation helped LLNL conquer fusion ignition
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in categories: innovation, robotics/AI
Part 10 a series of articles describing the elements of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s fusion breakthrough.
For hundreds of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists on the design, experimental, and modeling and simulation teams behind inertial confinement fusion (ICF) experiments at the National Ignition Facility (NIF), the results of the now-famous Dec. 5, 2022, ignition shot didn’t come as a complete surprise.