Inertial Fusion Technologies

The Inertial Fusion Technologies (IFT) Program is part of the US Department of Energy's "science-based stockpile stewardship program," dedicated to allowing the USA to observe a nuclear weapons test ban while still maintaining confidence in our nuclear deterrence arsenal.

The IFT Program Mission is to provide a thermonuclear capability in the laboratory for defense and ultimately civilian applications.

IFT Explosion

Weapons physics and weapons effects testing

Maintain nuclear competence in the era of no nuclear testing: "science-based stockpile stewardship"

Electrical energy production in the 21st century