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It's the NIF at LLNL, these people are studying weapons, not clean energy. If they discovered something about clean energy in a hohlraum, it's secondary or tertiary to the real findings.

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They are studying both equally. The official term is "dual-use" technology, which is a major focus at all national labs.

And there's nothing wrong with studying weapons for our national defense, so all discoveries are welcome.

I think many people (myself included) think there is something wrong with developing new nuclear bomb technologies specifically.

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