View the Zoom recording above or here of the recent panel event on June 8, 2023 hosted by Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy and featuring Marylia Kelley, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Tri-Valley CAREs!

The expert discussion covered the history and nuclear weapons-rooted purpose of the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, international law applicable to NIF activities, and key challenges to sustained fusion ignition success, plus a critique of the NIF’s relevance to the development of fusion as a potential energy source.

Moderated by LCNP’s Executive Director Ariana Smith, the Nuclear Fusion “Breakthrough” panel featured expertise and insights from:
Marylia Kelley, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Tri-Valley CAREs (Communities Against a Radioactive Environment), Livermore
Dr. John Burroughs, Senior Analyst, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy (remarks)
Dr. M.V. Ramana, Professor and Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia, and Graduate Program Director of its Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs program (remarks)
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