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Appendix B: Statements of Task
For the Committee on the Prospects for Inertial Confinement
Fusion Energy Systems
The statements of task for both the committee’s final report and interim report
(underlined) are shown below. The scope of the final report will be much broader than
that of this interim report. The statement of task for the separate and supporting study
by the Panel on the Assessment of Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) Targets is also
shown. The statement of task for the committee is as follows:
The Committee will prepare a report that will:
Assess the prospects for generating power using inertial confinement fusion;
Identify scientific and engineering challenges, cost targets, and R&D objectives
associated with developing an IFE demonstration plant; and
Advise the U.S. Department of Energy on its development of an R&D roadmap
aimed at creating a conceptual design for an inertial fusion energy demonstration
plant.
The Committee will also prepare an interim report to inform future year planning by the
federal government.
A Panel on Fusion Target Physics with access to classified information as well as
controlled-restricted unclassified information will serve as a technical resource to the
committee and will describe, in a report containing only publicly accessible information,
the R&D challenges to providing suitable targets on the basis of parameters established
and provided by the Committee. The Panel will also assess the current performance of
various fusion target technologies.
For the Panel on the Assessment of Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) Targets
The statement of task for the supporting panel is as follows:
A Panel on Fusion Target Physics (“the Panel”) will serve as a technical resource to the
Committee on Inertial Confinement Energy Systems (“the Committee”) and will prepare
a report that describes the R&D challenges to providing suitable targets, on the basis of
parameters established and provided to the Panel by the Committee.
The Panel on Fusion Target Physics will prepare a report that will assess the current
performance of fusion targets associated with various ICF concepts in order to
understand:
1. The spectrum output;
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2. The illumination geometry;
3. The high-gain geometry; and
4. The robustness of the target design.
The Panel will also address the potential impacts of the use and development of current
concepts for Inertial Fusion Energy on the proliferation of nuclear weapons information
and technology, as appropriate. The Panel will examine technology options, but will not
provide recommendations specific to any currently operating or proposed ICF facility.
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