March 7-8, 2011

Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee Meeting March 7-8, 2011 Agenda DoubleTree Bethesda Hotel and Executive Meeting Center 8120 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland, 20814 301-652-2000
Time	Topic	Speaker	Presentation
March 7	The 8:30-9:00 session is intended for Committee business and thus only members need attend.
8:30 a.m.	Swearing-In of New Members	Judith Mead, Office of Science, Human Capital Resources Division
8:35 a.m.	Annual Ethics Briefing	Mr. Brian Plesser, Office of the General Counsel
9:00 a.m.	Welcome, Meeting Agenda and Logistics	Dr. Martin Greenwald, FESAC Chair, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
9:05 a.m.	DOE/SC Perspectives including the FY 2012 Congressional Budget Request	Dr. W.F. Brinkman, Director, Office of Science	PDF
10:00 a.m.	Break
10:15 a.m.	FES Perspectives including the FY 2012 Congressional Budget Request	Dr. Ed Synakowski, Associate Director for Fusion Energy Sciences	PDF
12:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:30 p.m.	ITER Update: Accomplishments, Status, and Domestic Issues	Mr. Tom Vanek and Dr. John Glowienka, Fusion Energy Sciences	PDF
2:30 p.m.	Fusion Energy Research and Development in the “ITER Era”:A Korean Perspective	Dr. G. S. Lee, President, National Fusion Research Institute in Korea; Chair, Management Advisory Committee, ITER Council	PDF
3:30 p.m.	Break
3:45 p.m.	Update on Fusion Nuclear Sciences Pathways Assessment Activities	Dr. Charles Kessel, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory	PDF
4:45 p.m.	Public Comments	TBD
5:15 p.m.	Adjourn

Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee Meeting March 7-8, 2011 AGENDA (Cont'd)
March 8
Time	Topic	Speaker	Presentation
9:00 a.m.	Briefing on the Results from the Workshop on Opportunities in Plasma Astrophysics	Hantao Ji, Co-Chair, Committee on Opportunities in Plasma Astrophysics; PPPL; Stewart Prager, Director, PPPL; Hui Li, LANL	PDF
9:45 a.m.	Briefing on Portfolio Analysis and Management System (PAMS)	Linda Blevins, Office of Science, Office of the Deputy Director for Science Programs; Keith Tucker, Office of Science, Office of Business Policy and Operations	PDF
10:15 a.m.	Break
10:30 a.m.	Briefing on the National Academy of Sciences Study On Inertial Fusion Energy for Energy (process-related items only)	Professor Ronald Davidson, Chair, NRC IFE Panel; Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory	PDF
11:00 a.m.	Discussion Of the New Charge: Policies and Practices for Disseminating Research Results	Dr. Ed Synakowski/FESAC Members
11:30 a.m.	Committee Discussion	Dr. Martin Greenwald, FESAC Chair Massachusetts Institute of Technology
12:00 noon	Adjourn

March 7-8, 2011	Minutes		PDF

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The weight of antihydrogen atoms (a positively charged positron or anti-electron orbiting a negatively charged antiproton) balances the weight of hydrogen atoms (a negatively charged electron orbiting a positively charged proton).

Antihydrogen Falls Downward!

Settling a long-standing question, scientists have proven that antihydrogen falls downward in a first-ever direct experiment.

Negative triangularity shaping in the DIII-D tokamak (left) produced plasmas with no observed instabilities for triangularities less than approximately -0.15, even at high heating power and core performance (right).

Inverting Fusion Plasmas Improves Performance

Plasmas with negative triangularity show reduced gradients that develop into instabilities, including under conditions relevant to fusion power plants.

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