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Article: U.S. fusion program receives $83.1m stimulus.
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- Fusion Power Report
- Article date:
- September 1, 2009
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has allocated $83.1 M to its Office of Fusion Energy Sciences (OFES), as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), commonly known as economic stimulus funds. The allocation is from the $1.6 billion allocated to DOE's Office of Science, of which OFES is a part.
The allocations (and purpose as quoted from DOE postings) are as follows:
$20 M for a new High Energy Density Laboratory Plasma Matter in Extreme Conditions (MEC) Instrument Project at Stanford Linear Accelerator (SLAC). Funds will be used to procure and install equipment for the MEC instrument, including x-ray beam transport system, x-ray ...