FESAC Meetings

Time

Topic

Speaker

November 6

8:30

During this time we will swear in new members.  ALL MEMBERS WILL THEN ATTEND THE ANNUAL ETHICS BRIEFING

THIS SESSION IS FOR MEMBERS ONLY. THE MEETING DOES NOT BEGIN UNTIL 9:00 A.M.

9:00

Meeting Agenda and Logistics

 FESAC Chair

9:05

OFES Perspectives (84KB) 

Gene Nardella, Acting Associate Director for Fusion Energy Sciences, DOE 

10:00

Break

10:15

Outline of Strategic Overview Plan (72KB)

Steve Eckstrand, OFES

11:30

Summary of Research Needs Workshop Executive Committee Meeting (161KB)

Professor Richard Hazeltine, Institute of Fusion Studies, University of Texas

12:00

Lunch

1:00

Discussion of the new charge for a Committee of Visitors Review (54KB)

Curt Bolton,  Acting Director, Research Division, OFES

1:30

Final Report: Panel on Toroidal Alternate Confinement Concepts (2.3MB)

Dr. David Hill, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Chair, TACC Panel

2:15

Break

2:30

Report on Review of the DOE Plan for U.S. Participation in ITER

David Lang (95KB), NRC; Dr. Michael Zarnstorff (357KB), PPPL, Review Committee Vice-Chair

3:00

Status of the ITER Project (5.6MB)

Dr. Ned Sauthoff, Director U.S. ITER Project Office, and Dr. Chuck Greenfield, Deputy Director, US Burning Plasma Organization

4:30

Status Report: Panel on High Energy Density Laboratory Physics (134KB)

Prof. Ricardo Betti, University of Rochester, Chair, HEDLP Panel

5:30

Public Comments

TBD

6:00

Adjourn

Time

Topic

Speaker

November 7

8:30

White Paper of Fusion Diagnostics Development  Needs (233KB)

Dr. Rejan Boivin, General Atomics

9:20

Status of the Research on Plasma-Materials Interactions in Fusion (27.7MB)

Dennis Whyte, MIT

10:00

Presentation of results from the Low Temperature Plasma Workshop (2.8MB)

Dr. Mark Kushner, University of Michigan

11:00

Preparation of Letter to DOE/SC

FESAC Chair

12:00

Adjourn