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$305,343,891

Department of Energy·Department of Energy
defenseactive
ACTION DATE2026-03-17·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_DENA0004144_089
Award description

THIS PROPOSAL PRESENTS THE PLANNED PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER’S LABORATORY FOR LASER ENERGETICS (LLE) FOR THE NEXT FIVE-YEAR PERIOD (FY24–FY28) AND SUMMARIZES LLE’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS DURING THE CURRENT PERIOD (FY19–FY23). LLE’S RESEARCH ACTIVITIES FOCUS ON SUPPORTING THE MISSIONS OF THE NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (NNSA) IN INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION (ICF), HIGH-ENERGY-DENSITY (HED) PHYSICS, AND LASER AND OPTICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. LLE OPERATES THE OMEGA LASER FACILITY (INCLUDING THE 60-BEAM OMEGA AND THE FOUR-BEAM OMEGA EP LASER SYSTEMS) AS NNSA’S PRINCIPAL HED USER FACILITY. TOGETHER WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER’S NEW HED PHYSICS CURRICULUM, LLE PROVIDES A UNIQUE, MISSION-ORIENTED EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE THAT PREPARES STUDENTS FOR A CAREER WITHIN THE NATIONAL SECURITY COMPLEX. BY ENHANCING THIS PIPELINE, LLE HAS SIGNIFICANTLY EXPANDED THE NUMBER OF GRADUATES ENTERING THE NNSA WORKFORCE, WHICH IS HELPING TO FILL THE NEEDS OF THE STOCKPILE STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM.

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In plain English

Funds University of Rochester's Laboratory for Laser Energetics to operate OMEGA laser facilities supporting NNSA inertial confinement fusion and high-energy-density physics research.

Sub-sectors
nuclear-securityinertial-confinement-fusionhigh-energy-density-physics
Why this matters

Critical infrastructure for nuclear stockpile stewardship and workforce development for national security complex operations.

Supply-chain signal

Sustains domestic advanced laser and optical technology capabilities essential for NNSA missions and reduces reliance on external HED physics research facilities.

U.S.–China competition angle

Maintains U.S. leadership in inertial confinement fusion and high-energy-density physics research, areas of strategic competition with China's advancing fusion programs.

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Period of performance
Start
2023-10-02
End
2028-09-30
Status
activein 869 days
Sources
  • Award record ingested from usaspending. Source identifier ASST_NON_DENA0004144_089.

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