February 28-29, 2012

Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee Meeting
February 28-29, 2012

AGENDA

 

Time

Topic

Speaker


Presentation

8:30 a.m. Annual Ethics Briefing, FESAC Members Only 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
9:00 a.m. DOE/SC Perspectives including the FY 2013 Congressional Budget Request Dr. W.F. Brinkman, Director, Office of Science PDF

9:50 a.m.

Break
10:05 a.m. FES Perspectives including the FY 2013 Congressional Budget Request Dr. Ed Synakowski, Associate Director for Fusion Energy Sciences PDF
11:45 a.m. Basic Research Directions using the National Ignition Facility Dr. John Sarrao, Los Alamos National Laboratory PDF

12:15 p.m.

Lunch
1:30 p.m. ITER:
ITER Project Status
ITER Policy Update
Mr. Tom Vanek and Dr. John Glowienka, Fusion Energy Sciences Project Status
Poilicy Update

2:30 p.m.

Break
2:50 p.m. Briefing on and discussion of the results from the subcommittee dealing with research modes that best facilitate international collaborations and with opportunities for collaborations on new tokamaks and stellarators overseas Dr. Dale Meade, Subcommittee Chair, President FIRE, LLC. PDF

5:00 p.m.

Adjourn

 

 

Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee Meeting
February 28-29, 2012

AGENDA (Cont'd)

 

Feb 29

Time

Topic

Speaker


Presentation

8:30 a.m. The Chinese Fusion Program Prof. Jiangang LI Director, Institute of Plasma Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences PDF
9:30 a.m. Briefing on and discussion of the results from the subcommittee dealing with materials science and technology research opportunities in the next 10-20 years Dr. Steven Zinkle, Subcommittee Chair, Oak Ridge National Laboratory PDF

10:50 a.m.

Break
11:05 a.m. Charge on Workforce Development Needs for the FES Program Dr. Hantao Ji, PPPL, Chair of the FESAC Subpanel of Workforce Development Needs PDF
11:05 a.m. Public Comments TBD
11:35 a.m. Committee Discussion, preparation of letter to DOE to complete the current charge Dr. Martin Greenwald, FESAC Chair Massachusetts Institute of Technology

12:00 noon

Adjourn




February 28-29, 2012 Minutes PDF