How NIF Targets Work
In the recent NIF ignition experiment, a tiny capsule containing two forms of hydrogen, deuterium (D) and tritium (T), is suspended inside a cylindrical x-ray “oven” called a hohlraum. When the hohlraum is heated by NIF’s powerful lasers to temperatures of more than 3 million degrees Celsius, the resulting x rays heat and blow off, or ablate, the surface of the target capsule, called the ablator. This causes a rocket-like implosion that compresses and heats the DT fuel to extreme temperatures and densities until the hydrogen atoms fuse, creating helium nuclei (alpha particles) and releasing high-energy neutrons and other forms of energy
(copy of: https://lasers.llnl.gov/about/how-nif-works)
However, the creation of semi stable Ball Lightnings seem a better plan. (below)
How Ball Lightnings are created by interference merging of Magnetic monopole Photons above water reflection surface and travelling against the local wind.