I worked as a lowly technician at #LLNL (or #LLL because the gov't did NOT want "radiation" in the name). I worked on the #CTR project (ex- #Plowshare) trying to get Controlled Thermonuclear Reactions to appear in a giant magnetic bottle.
#Fusion and #fusionenergy were the goal, but we were told that if we -did- manage a reaction, the cement blocks that surrounded the chamber would not protect us from the radiation.
Can I say I was scared? But I really wanted it to work.
Yay Lab!