Recently added articles from Fusion Power Report:
Livermore fires NIF laser beams.
May 01, 2009 ... Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have completed construction of the National Ignition Facility (NIF) and successfully fired all 192 laser beams simultaneously into a test cell. The lasers delivered almost 2 Megajoules of infrared laser light, which was then ...
ITER update.
May 01, 2009 ... On March 18, the ITER Organization advertised openings for 74 new hires. Only people from one of the seven ITER Parties may apply. Persons must apply by October 5. Information is at http://www.iter.org/a/index_jobs.htm As of late April, there are 392 staff members at the ITER site, ...
Recent advances in Laser Fusion.
May 01, 2009 ... NRL has achieved High Gain Pellet Designs and Increased Laser Durability. The Laser Fusion Program at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory announced two major advances in the development of pure fusion energy with lasers: (1) direct drive target designs that show power plant class ...
Koonin to be DOE under Secretary for Science.
May 01, 2009 ... The White House has announced its intention to nominate Dr. Steven E. Koonin to be Department of Energy Under Secretary for Science. Dr. Koonin has served as chief scientist of British Petroleum (BP), the world's second largest oil company, since 2004. As chief scientist, he has been ...
Brinkman nominated as DOE Office of Science Director.
May 01, 2009 ... President Obama has nominated William F. Brinkman to be Director of the Department of Energy's Office of Science. He succeeds Raymond Orbach, who held both that position and the position of Under Secretary for Science. Steven Koonin has been nominated for the latter position separately. ...
Roberts heads ITER Export Control Group.
May 01, 2009 ... Mike Roberts has been named Chair of the ITER Export Control Group. The Group was established by the ITER Council in June 2008 in recognition of the need properly handle and control the dissemination of information provided to the ITER Organization by the member Parties and their Domestic ...
Calendar.(Calendar)
May 01, 2009 ... May 31-June 4 36th International Conference on Plasma Science and 23rd Symposium on Fusion Engineering. http ://cer.ucsd.edu/icopssofe09 June 24-26 18th Topical Conference Radio-frequency Power in Plasmas. Gent, Belgium. ...
U.S. set to receive ITER funding.
Mar 01, 2009 ... The U.S. will receive $124 million as the first major infusion of funds towards the U.S. contribution to ITER construction. The agreement was reached between House and Senate appropriations conferees and will be part of the FY 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Bill. The U.S. Department of ...
Prager takes helm at PPPL.(Princeton University. Plasma Physics Laboratory)(Department of Energy)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2009 ... The U.S. Department of Energy announced Jan. 15 that Princeton University has been awarded a five-year management and operating contract to continue managing the DOE's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. The contract runs from April 1, 2009, to March 31, 2014, with a 60-day transition ...
Livermore readies for ignition; looks beyond.(Department of Energy. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2009 ... The laser-based National Ignition Facility (NIF) is nearing completion at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). A dedication will be held in late May; a "campaign" to ignite small pellets containing fusion fuel will begin in 2010. With confidence of success running high, ...
FESAC endorses inertial fusion report.(Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee )(Report)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2009 ... In a February 5 letter to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), its Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (FESAC) endorsed the report of a FESAC panel chaired by Professor Riccardo Betti (U. Rochester) saying, "We believe it provides a useful platform for the stewardship of the Joint ...
Holdren confirmation hearing.(Office of Science and Technology Policy)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2009 ... John Holdren, President Obama's designated Science Advisor and head of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), had his Senate Confirmation Hearing February 12. In his prepared remarks, Holdren said, "The cost and complexity of cutting-edge accelerators, ...
Fusion in the stimulus package.(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Fusion research may benefit from the U.S. economic stimulus bill recently passed by Congress. The package contains $1.6 billion for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, of which fusion is a part. A summary of the bill, issued by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi notes the Office of ...
ITER update.
Mar 01, 2009 ... The ITER Divertor Test Platform, to develop and test the maintenance robot and remote handling operations, has been inaugurated in Finland. The facility hosts the first full-size prototype of the Cassette Multifunctional Mover. The Cassette Mover is required to transport ITER's divertor ...
Woodruff Scientific joins Fusion Power Associates.(Woodruff Scientific, Inc.)(Fusion Power Associates)(Brief article)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Woodruff Scientific, Inc., Seattle, WA, has joined Fusion Power Associates as a Small Business Affiliate. Simon Woodruff, President, will represent the company. He can be reached at: simon@woodruffscientific.com Woodruff Scientific ...
Calendar.(Conference news)(Brief article)(Calendar)
Mar 01, 2009 ... Apr 19-23 8th Workshop on Frontiers in Low Temperature Plasma Physics Diagnostics. Blansko, Czech Republic. http://fltpd08.physics.muni.cz May 31-June 4 36th International Conference on Plasma Science and 23rd Symposium on Fusion Engineering ....
ITER update.
Jan 01, 2009 ... ITER Director General Kaname Ikeda was the leadoff speaker at Fusion Power Associates Annual Meeting and Symposium, December 3-4 in Livermore, CA. Ikeda told the meeting "The idea for ITER originated from the Geneva Superpower Summit in 1985 where Presidents Gorbachev and Reagan proposed ...
John Holdren to become president's science advisor.(John P. Holdren )
Jan 01, 2009 ... President-elect Obama will name John P. Holdren to be Presidential Science Advisor. Holdren is Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy and Director of the Program on Science, Technology, and Public Policy of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. ...
Steven Chu to be named energy secretary.(Department of Energy. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2009 ... Physicist Steven Chu, Director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, will be nominated by President-elect Obama to become the next Secretary of Energy. Chu would become the first working scientist to head the agency in its 30-year history. Chu, who won a Nobel Prize in ...
Fusion planning update.(Department of Energy. Office of Fusion Energy Sciences plans Research Needs Workshop)
Jan 01, 2009 ... The USDOE Office of Fusion Energy Sciences (OFES) is planning a Research Needs Workshop (ReNeW) for the magnetic fusion portion of its program. The workshop is currently scheduled for early June in Bethesda, MD, but attendance is by invitation only. Prior to the actual workshop, a massive ...