HIGH ENERGY LASER FACILITY

Project 74-2-d, high energy laser facility, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Calif., estimated to cost $20 million, will accommodate a multipath neodymium glass system which at this time appears to be the most feasible approach to a high energy laser. This project provides the basic structure, supporting equipment, and hardware to pursue our interim laser fusion system feasibility goal of producing approximately 10 joules for target irradiation. At present, the U.S.S.R. is able to direct an order of magnitude more energy on a target than is possible with the best U.S. efforts. This chart (C-6) is an artist's conception of the facility. The $9.7 million funding requested in fiscal year 1974 provides for procurement of high voltage capacitors, target detectors, laser heads, power supplies, and initiation of construction of the building.