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The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. ORIGIN OF THIS STUDYIn Section 972 (c)(4)(A) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Congress directed that DOE in consultation with the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee,… develop a plan for the participation of United States scientists in the ITER that shall include:
In February 2006, DOE asked the U.S Burning Plasma Organization (USBPO) to develop that plan. The resulting report, Planning for U.S. Fusion Community Participation in the ITER Program,11 completed in June 2006, represents an important first step in organizing the U.S. ITER Project Office and the plasma science community to successfully participate in the project. The plan was submitted to Congress by DOE on August 10, 2006. In Section 972 (c)(4)(B) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, DOE was directed to request a review of the plan by the National Academy of Sciences. At DOE’s request (see Appendix A), the National Research Council’s Committee to Review the U.S. ITER Science Participation Planning Process was thus convened and asked to review and evaluate the current DOE plan, Planning for U.S. Fusion Community Participation in the ITER Program, and to recommend elements for future development of the plan for U.S. plasma science participation in the ITER project.
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