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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Committee Meeting Agendas." National Research Council. 2004. Burning Plasma: Bringing a Star to Earth. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10816.
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Committee Meeting Agendas

FIRST MEETING

SEPTEMBER 17-18, 2002—WASHINGTON, D.C.

Tuesday, September 17

Closed Session

8:00 a.m.

Committee Business

Open Session

1:30 p.m.

Welcome and Introductions

John Ahearne, Co-chair

Raymond Fonck, Co-chair

1:45

Office of Fusion Energy Sciences (OFES) Perspective

Anne Davies, DOE/OFES

2:30

Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Perspective

J. Patrick Looney, OSTP

3:15

Break

 

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Committee Meeting Agendas." National Research Council. 2004. Burning Plasma: Bringing a Star to Earth. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10816.
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3:30

DOE Perspectives

Raymond Orbach, DOE

4:15

Open Discussion

Ahearne, Fonck

5:00

Adjourn

 

Wednesday, September 18

Closed Session

8:00 a.m.

Committee Business

 

Open Session

9:00

International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) Presentation

Karl Lackner, European Fusion Development Agreement

10:05

Fusion Ignition Research Experiment (FIRE) Presentation

Dale Meade, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)

11:05

Break

 

11:30

Snowmass Outcomes

Gerald Navratil, Columbia University;

Ned Sauthoff, PPPL

12:30 p.m.

Lunch

 

1:30

Report on Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (FESAC) Action

Stewart Prager, University of Wisconsin

2:30

The “Science First” Approach

Bruno Coppi, Massachusetts

Institute of Technology

3:30

Break

 

3:45

Open Discussion

Ahearne, Fonck

4:45

Adjourn

 

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Committee Meeting Agendas." National Research Council. 2004. Burning Plasma: Bringing a Star to Earth. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10816.
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Closed Session

5:00

Committee Business

 

6:30

Adjourn

 

SECOND MEETING

NOVEMBER 17-18, 2002—WASHINGTON, D.C.

Monday, November 18

Closed Session

8:30 a.m.

Committee Business

 

Open Session

9:00

Fusion Power: I Think We’re Lost

Robert Hirsch, Chair, BEES

9:45

Q&A on DOE/OFES Program ITER Q&A Session

Anne Davies, DOE/OFES

Ned Sauthoff, PPPL

11:00

OSTP Perspective

John Marburger, OSTP

11:30

Break

 

11:40

ITER Q&A Session (cont’d)

Ned Sauthoff, PPPL

12:10 p.m.

Lunch

 

1:15

Comments by Telephone

Marshall Rosenbluth, University of California at San Diego

Closed Session

1:45

Committee Business

 

5:30

Adjourn

 

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Committee Meeting Agendas." National Research Council. 2004. Burning Plasma: Bringing a Star to Earth. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10816.
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Tuesday, November 19

Closed Session

8:00 a.m.

Committee Business

 

1:00 p.m.

Adjourn

 

THIRD MEETING

JANUARY 17-18, 2003—LA JOLLA, CALIFORNIA

Friday, January 17

Closed Session

12:45 p.m.

Committee Business

 

Open Session

2:30

Comments by Telephone

Anne Davies, DOE/OFES

2:45

Additional Elements of FESAC Plan

Stewart Prager, University of Wisconsin

3:30

Break

 

3:45

Fusion Power

Stephen Dean, Fusion Power Associates

4:30

Goldston FESAC Report (Q&A)

Robert Goldston, PPPL

5:45

Adjourn

 

Saturday, January 18

Closed Session

8:15 a.m.

Committee Business

 

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Committee Meeting Agendas." National Research Council. 2004. Burning Plasma: Bringing a Star to Earth. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10816.
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Open Session

9:00

Review of U.S. Programs and Processes

Michael Mauel, Columbia University

10:00

Break

 

10:30

Future of Tokamak Facilities with a Burning Plasma Experiment

Ronald Stambaugh, General Atomics

11:30

Multimachine Strategy

Gerald Navratil, Columbia University

12:30 p.m.

Lunch

 

Closed Session

1:15

Committee Business

 

5:30

Adjourn

 

Sunday, January 19

Closed Session

8:30 a.m.

Committee Business

 

12:00 p.m.

Adjourn

 

FOURTH MEETING

MAY 5-6, 2003—WASHINGTON, D.C.

Monday, May 5

Closed Session

8:30 a.m.

Committee Business

 

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Committee Meeting Agendas." National Research Council. 2004. Burning Plasma: Bringing a Star to Earth. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10816.
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Open Session

11:00

DOE/OFES Program Plan

Anne Davies, OFES/DOE

11:45

OSTP Perspective

J. Patrick Looney, OSTP

12:00 p.m.

Lunch

 

Closed Session

1:00

Committee Business

 

5:30

Adjourn

 

Tuesday, May 6

Closed Session

8:00 a.m.

Committee Business

 

12:00 p.m.

Lunch

 

1:00

Committee Business

 

5:00

Adjourn

 

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Committee Meeting Agendas." National Research Council. 2004. Burning Plasma: Bringing a Star to Earth. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10816.
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Significant advances have been made in fusion science, and a point has been reached when we need to decide if the United States is ready to begin a burning plasma experiment. A burning plasma—in which at least 50 percent of the energy to drive the fusion reaction is generated internally—is an essential step to reach the goal of fusion power generation. The Burning Plasma Assessment Committee was formed to provide advice on this decision. The committee concluded that there is high confidence in the readiness to proceed with the burning plasma step. The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), with the United States as a significant partner, was the best choice. Once a commitment to ITER is made, fulfilling it should become the highest priority of the U.S. fusion research program. A funding trajectory is required that both captures the benefits of joining ITER and retains a strong scientific focus on the long-range goals of the program. Addition of the ITER project will require that the content, scope, and level of U.S. fusion activity be defined by program balancing through a priority-setting process initiated by the Office of Fusion Energy Science.

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