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FIRE Project Static Archive (1999-2016) Fusion Program News April 29 , 2016 FIRE and Burning Plasma Physics Updated April 4, 2009 Fusion Library Updated January 14, 2016 FESAC International Collab March 10, 2011 FIRE Physics Validation Review Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor TFTR Updated June 25, 2014 U.S. ITER Project News Updated January 21, 2014 FIRE Advisory Committee Meetings Other Fusion Information NRC Burning Plasma Assessment 2003 FIRE Engineering Report Fusion Meetings Updated February 29, 2016 NRC-IFE Energy Potential December 12, 2011 FIRE Engineering Review IEA Workshop on Burning Plasmas -2005 Accelerating Fusion Energy 2011 July 10, 2011 Energy Resources and Needs July 1, 2012 ISFNT 7 Updated, June 24 , 2005 Snowmass Summer Studies 1999 and 2002 Global Climate Change June 30, 2015 IEA Workshop Optimizing High- beta Steady-State Tokamaks Feb 14, 2005 UFA Burning Plasma Workshop Fusion Materials July 2011 APS DPP Review Talks Nov 2004 Nuclear Proliferation Issues December 18, 2008 MHD Stability Control Workshop Nov 2003-2007 Fusion for the Future American Security Project 20th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference 2004 AAAS Sessions on Fusion and Non CO2 Energy Sources Feb, 2005 Fusion Power Associates (FPA) Energy Options for the Future NRL 2004 AAAS Session on Burning Plasmas -2004 FPA Annual Meetings December 19, 2015 AST 558 Prospects for Fusion Energy 2009 30th EPS and ITPA Talks July 2003 FPA Executive Newsletter 1979-2005 FESAC Development Path . April 29, 2016 Contact Webmaster Note : This site is maintained to provide links for the over 48,000 references from 1999 to April 29, 2016 on the internet to fire.pppl.gov/file_name. The contents of the FIRE Project active web site have been transferred to the new URL http://www.firefusionpower.org . Searching on FIRE: You can use the browser FIND command to search for words on a specific page, or you can do a Google site search of the entire FIRE web site. For example, if searching for "Abraham", enter "Abraham site:fire.pppl.gov" in the Google search window. Normal.dotm 0 0 1 25 144 Fusion Innovation Research & Energy 1 1 176 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false Copyright 2016. All documents available on this site may be protected under U. S. and foreign copyright laws. Permission of the contributing author(s) and/or institution(s) to reproduce or otherwise utilize content may be required. Background Information and Reviews of the U. S. and World Fusion Program Slide 1 Robert Blair Normal.dotm 0 0 2015-04-15T13:30:00Z 2015-04-15T13:30:00Z 1 10 57 Fusion Innovation Research & Energy 1 1 70 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false ITER Council Review Group (ICRG) provides external validation of ITER Project progress The ITER Council accepted the ICRG report and acknowledged findings of tangible, on-schedule project performance. It acknowledged that with these converging elements a solid basis is now emerging for the establishment of the Resource-Loaded Updated Integrated Schedule up to First Plasma and a high-level paper detailing the schedule from First Plasma to Deuterium-Tritium Operation. The ITER Council charged the Director-General with completing the refinement of the schedule and associated resources presented at IC-17, following iterations with Domestic Agencies and taking into account the recommendations of the ICRG report and the known constraints of the Members, in time for submission to the ITER Council in June 2016 (IC-18). The Council decided that the ICRG report be released immediately for the use of each Member’s Government. Hopefully, this report will be made available to the US fusion community. April 28 2016 The Energy Subcommittee of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology held a Hearing - An Overview of Fusion Energy Science on April 20, 2016. ITER DG Bernard Bigot, Stewart Prager PPPL and Scott Hsu LANL appeared as witnesses. Witness statements, and video recording of the 2 hour hearing are available. April 20, 2016 House Appropriation Subcommittee on Markup on the FY 2017 Appropriation bill for Energy and Water Development recommends: $450,000,000 for Fusion Energy Sciences, $12,000,000 above fiscal year 2016 and $51,822,000 above the budget request, and $125,000,000 for the U.S. contribution to the ITER project. The Committee directs the Department to submit not later than December 1, 2016, a follow-up report to its May 2, 2016, report updating findings on its ITER recommendations. April 18, 2016 D-Day Approaches for Continuation of US Participation in ITER: At the November 17-18, 2015 ITER Council meeting , the ITER Council reviewed the progress made by the ITER Organization and Domestic agencies during the previous six months. The ITER Council approved a schedule and milestones covering 2016-2017, and decided to conduct an independent review of the overall schedule and associated resources and to consider possible additional measures for expediting the schedule and reducing costs. (n.b.- This review is scheduled to be completed by April 15, 2016 ). The Council plans to complete these reviews and reach agreement on the overall schedule through First Plasma by June 2016. The ITER Council has scheduled an Extraordinary meeting for April 27-28, 2016 to consider the report of the independent review of the ITER schedule and International Organization budget needs. posted April 14, 2016 The FY 2016 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act (Dec 18, 2015) requires that: The Department shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress not later than February 15, 2016, and again on August 15, 2016, a report on the status of the ITER project and the implementation of the Director General’s Action Plan, including new budget projections, project schedule, cost overruns, delays, organizational structure changes, manufacturing deliveries, assembly, and installation. Provided further, That not later than May 2, 2016, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a report recommending either that the United States remain a partner in the ITER project after October 2017 or terminate participation, which shall include, as applicable, an estimate of either the full cost, by fiscal year, of all future Federal funding requirements for construction, operation, and maintenance of ITER or the cost of termination. [from text of House Amendment #1 to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 2029, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016] Present Status- the Interim Report on the status of ITER was submitted to Congress by February 15, 2016. However, the information in the report has not been released to the public. April 14, 2016 Senate and House Appropriation Subcommittees on Energy and Water Development met on April 13, 2015 to mark up the FY 2017 Appropriation bills for Energy and Water Development. The Senate EWD SC marked up bill "eliminates funding for ITE R , which is under construction in France, saving $125 million. ITER continues to crowd out other federal science investments where the United States has maintained leadership, including high performance computing and materials science." The details of the House mark up regarding fusion funding were not released. April 14, 2016 European Parliament refuses to sign off ITER accounts (April 7, 2016) : The European Parliament has voted to withhold approval of the 2014 accounts of the multibillion-dollar ITER fusion project currently under construction in Southern France, saying the budgetary and financial management lacks coherence and was often incomplete, and criticising the ITER management Council for its failure to publish a new action plan. posted April 14, 2016 President Releases FY2017 Budget Proposal - Fusion Energy Science Budget Overview; FY15 act = $458M, FY16 est = $438M with FY17 est = $398M. The $125 million requested in FY 2017 (for US ITER) will allow the most critical USITER...