Officials Attend NIF Groundbreaking Ceremony
On May 29, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the National Ignition Facility, an ultra-high powered laser optics facility which will be a centerpiece of the nation's stockpile stewardship program, which manages the safety, reliability and performance of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile in a test ban environment. Among those speaking at the ceremony were Energy Secretary Federico Peña, Assistant Secretary of Defense Harold P. Smith Jr., Rep. Ellen Tauscher (Pleasanton), and U.C. President Richard Atkinson

Volume 4, Bulletin 19 -- June 5, 1997