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Laser Demonstration Facility (LDF) Computers and Control System
It controlled the largest steady-state high power laser facility of its time. The LDF demonstrated the feasibility of using a tunable multi-frequency laser to separate isotopes of elements such as Uranium. This machine put the Gas Centrifuges industry out of business. |
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The Advanced Test Accellerator (ATA) performed experiments with directed energy in the form of 50 MeV electrons. |
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| The Mirror Fusion Test Facility explored a magnetic bottle configuration shaped like a tube with mirrors on each end, analogous to a laser cavity for light. This was the last non-Tokomak (circular tube) configuration seriously explored. | |||||||||||||
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