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Isn't this at the NIF? The goal was weapons all along.
by sudosysgen 4y ago
Isn't this at the NIF? The goal was weapons all along.
- DennisP 4y agoSo, you have a source proving the motivations of the people who founded it and run it now? Because I argued above that it makes little sense to simply assume that weapons are the only goal, or even necessarily the primary goal.
- IncRnd 4y ago> I argued above that it makes little sense to simply assume that weapons are the only goal, or even necessarily the primary goal. You can argue all you want. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is a government-owned, contractor-operated facility managed through a contract between the LLNS Board of Governors and the DOE's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). The NNSA in turn works to ensure that the nation's stockpile of nuclear weapons is safe and secure.
- DennisP 4y agoNone of that contradicts what I said, or explains why they bother doing energy research at all.
- sudosysgen 4y agoThis isn't energy research. It's really fundamental research that is directly useful to nuclear weapons. The funding source being mandated solely for nuclear weapons goes against your claim it's not primarily for weapons.