Representative Rodney Frelinghuysen (R - NJ) is questioning DOE's plans to
cut fusion research budget.
Not exact matches
The Department of Energy's science budget would remain flat at $ 5.1 billion, although the spending deal approved by Congress would reverse
cuts to nuclear -
fusion research that were sought by the White House.
Elsewhere, appropriators may have to make some tough calls over differing takes on advanced computing and
fusion energy
research at DOE, and proposed
cuts to basic
research at the Defense Department.
The president's request also calls for
cuts to
fusion work at NIF and an immediate axing of funding to the Nike laser at the U.S. Naval
Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington, D.C. «The loss of NRL and eventual loss of LLE would greatly reduce the physics capability and innovation in the ICF program,» says NRL's Stephen Obenschain.
The details won't be out for another week, but in their version of the 2013 budget for the Department of Energy (DOE), legislators on a spending panel in the House of Representatives would reverse dramatic
cuts to the U.S.
fusion research program that the White House proposed in February.
(The White House proposed to
cut $ 48 million in domestic
fusion research.)
Fusion research cuts — Representative Don Beyer (D — VA), a new member of the House, asked about the reasoning behind a requested
cut in DOE's
fusion program budget, which would decrease by 10 % under the request — the only loser in the Office of Science.
Dozens of PPPL scientists presented the results of their
cutting - edge
research into magnetic
fusion and plasma science.