The goal, as its name implies, is to harness the power of the largest laser ever built to start "ignition" - effectively a carefully controlled thermonuclear explosion.

顾名思义，国家点火装置的目标是借助世界上迄今为止最大的激光器进行“点火”——有效且可控的热核爆炸。

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The $3.5bn National Ignition Facility (NIF) sits in a 10-storey building covering three football fields and will harness the power of lasers to turn tiny pellets of hydrogen into thermonuclear energy.

美国国家点火装置（简称NIF）耗资35亿美元，建在一个十层楼高的建筑里，占地面积有三个足球场那么大。 它将利用激光把氢同位素靶丸转化为热核能量。

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This paper describes the applied future of the superconductivity in thermonuclear fusion, nuclear power plant, nuclear radiation detection and non-destructive testing.

本文介绍超导在核聚变、核电站、核辐射探测和核燃料元件无损检测中的应用前景。

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In the 1950s, Russian and American scientists knew there was no limit to the power of thermonuclear hydrogen bombs.

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