  The National Ignition Facility(NIF) megajoule laser at the Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory(LLNL)\cite{moses} has produced a significant amount of
useful physics results related to inertial confinement fusion since it began
operating in 2010. However, achievement of its primary goal of generating
ignition in a thermonuclear plasma has proven elusive, and measured yields were
far below those expected from an ignited, and burning, plasma. The reason for
the limited yields has not been explained in detail. This work proposes, and
shows support for, the possibility that the low yields may be the result of
ejecta from the interior of the target containment, and driving, shell.
