Generally, when the Office of Science charges FESAC to deal with a specific topic, FESAC assembles a subcommittee consisting of several members of FESAC and experts in the field that are needed to deal with the specific topic or topics. The subcommittee addresses the specific topics and prepares a report that it presents to FESAC in a public session. FESAC either accepts the report presented to it as its own, or makes changes to the subcommittee's report and then accepts the report as its own. At that point, the FESAC Chair transmits the report to the Director of the Office of Science to complete the charge. The letter from the FESAC Chair to the Director of the Office of Science, transmitting the FESAC report, is added to the FESAC report and it is then published by the Department of Energy with a DOE/SC report number. The FESAC reports and information from the meeting at which the reports were accepted by FESAC are available below.
The Current FESAC Charge can be found here:
FESAC is not currently addressing a charge. When one is forwarded to the committee in the future, a link to that charge will be posted here.
Reports on the Fusion Energy Sciences Program not produced by FESAC may be found on the Program News page.
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| March 15, 2013 |
PDF (24KB) |
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The FESAC meeting was broadcast live on the Internet and a video record of the meeting is archived at this site: http://doe.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3 . During this meeting, FESAC discussed the report (8.1MB) of its subcommittee on Prioritization of Scientific User Facilities during 2014-2024, completing the charge (795KB) on this subject. A transmittal letter (94KB) accompanied the submission of the final report to DOE. |
| January 31, 2013 |
PDF (19KB) |
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The FESAC meeting was broadcast live on the Internet and a video record of the meeting is archived at this site: http://doe.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3 . During this meeting, FESAC discussed the report (1.5MB) of its subcommittee on Magnetic Fusion Energy Program Priorities, completing the charge (1.2MB) on this subject. A transmittal letter (28KB) accompanied the submission of the final report to DOE. |
| February 28-29, 2012 |
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PDF (477KB) |
The FESAC meeting was broadcast live on the Internet and a video record of the meeting is archived at this site: http://doe.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3 .
During this meeting FESAC discussed and accepted the report (3.8MB) of its subcommittee on Opportunities and Modes of International Collaboration During the ITER Era. The Committee also discussed and accepted the report (6.0MB) of its subcommittee on Fusion Materials Sciences and Technology Opportunities in the ITER Era. The Chair provided the reports to DOE in the transmittal letter (19KB). These discussions completed the charge (1.2MB) on these subjects. The committee also heard briefings on the FY 2013 President’s Budget request, and on the status of the US ITER activities. A briefing was also provided on the current status of the Chinese Fusion research program. The materials presented during these briefings can be found by going to the Agenda. Finally, FESAC prepared a letter (21KB) to Dr. Brinkman expressing their concerns about the President’s FY 2013 Budget Request for fusion Energy Sciences |
| July 28, 2011 |
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The FESAC meeting was broadcast live on the Internet and a video record of the meeting including the presentations that were made are currently archived at this site: http://doe.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3 During this meeting FESAC discussed and accepted the report (147KB) of its subcommittee, Policies and Procedures for Research Data Dissemination. This completed the charge (118KB) on that subject. The committee also discussed the new charge (1.2MB) on possible international collaborations on tokamaks and stellarators abroad, the research modes to facilitate those collaborations, and opportunities for materials science and technology research over for the next 10-20 years. Other presentations that were made during the meeting can be found by going to the agenda link on the left.
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March 7-8, 2011
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The FESAC meeting was broadcast live on the Internet and a video record of the meeting including the presentations that were made are currently archived at this site: http://doe.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=3
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March 9-10, 2010
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The FESAC Committee of Visitors (COV) presented the findings and recommendations of their review of the FES program. Their report was discussed, several changes were made to the report by FESAC, and then FESAC accepted the COV report (707KB)as modified. A transmittal letter (21KB) was prepared and the COV report was forwarded to the Department. The DOE response to the COV recommendations contained in the report can be found here (43KB). Other presentations that were made during the meeting can be found by going to the agenda link on the left.
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January 13-14, 2009
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FESAC was briefed by its subcommittee on the FESAC-HEDLP Report (2.2MB), discussed the report, voted to accept it, and prepared a letter transmitting the report to DOE in fulfillment of the charge on this project.
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November 6-7, 2008
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During the meeting the FESAC discussed the charge (61KB) for a Committee of Visitors. The Committee also discussed and accepted the final report (2.8MB) on “Advancing the Science of Alternate Toroidal Magnetic Fusion Concepts” completing the change on this subject. The Committee was briefed on the National Research Council’s report (1.0MB) on its review of the DOE Plan for US Participation in ITER (521KB). Links to all other documents presented and discussed during the meeting can found by going to the agenda.
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February 19-20, 2008
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This meeting was held and possible new charges dealing with developing goals, agreeing on the scientific and technical issues, and opportunities for research on Alternate Concepts and HEDLP were discussed. The materials presented and discussed can be found by clicking on the Agenda.
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October 23-24, 2007
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FESAC considered, discussed, and accepted three Panel reports to complete the three open charges with which it has been dealing. The letters transmitting the reports can be read here. FSP Letter (273KB); the Fusion Simulation Project (FSP) Panel Report (1.7MB); NCSX Letter (184KB); the Report of the National Compact Stellarator Experiment Review Committee (8.7MB); and Planning Letter (47KB); Priorities, Gaps and Opportunities: Towards a Long-Range Strategic Plan for Magnetic Fusion Energy (2.4MB) report.
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July 16-17, 2007
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The FESAC met to hear interim reports on the two charges on which they are now working. They heard additional reports as shown on the agenda. No final reports came from this meeting but will result from the October 2007 meeting.
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March 1-2, 2007
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The FESAC met to complete its work on evaluating the FES programs progress toward reaching it performance goals as stated in the Program Assessment Rating Tools. The final Report (143KB) on this charge is now available. A new charge was presented to FESAC which can be read here (99KB). PART Letter (14KB); Charge (24KB); Attachment (28KB)
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June 1, 2006
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FESAC met to discuss the plan developed by the U.S. Burning Plasma Organization (USBPO) for the participation of U.S. scientists in ITER. 10 Year Plan (15KB) Letter; Attachment (45KB); DOE Response (403KB)
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The first round of the Committee of Visitors reviews has been completed and a report has been published that is a compilation of the three CoV reports issued during this first round. The report titled, Compilation of Reports from the First Round of Committee of Visitors' Reviews of the Fusion Energy Sciences Program, DOE/SC-0098, October 2006 is available here (2.1MB).
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February 28-
March 1, 2006
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FESAC discussed and accepted the report of its third Committee of Visitors that dealt with Tokamak research, Diagnostics and Enabling R&D. The report (41KB), the transmittal letter (15KB), and the DOE response (29KB) to the report are available by clicking the underlined words. FESAC also discussed and accepted the report of its panel dealing with program's progress toward achieving its PART Measures. The report (143KB)and the transmittal letter (14KB) are available by clicking the underlined words.
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Visit the FESAC Reports Archive page for earlier reports.