Sentences with phrase «fusion research program»

In the future, the report envisions an extensive nuclear fusion research program centered around a national US fusion nuclear science facility, but this would require increased funding.

The program saw an increase in 2015 partly as a result of Congress's desire to maintain a domestic fusion research program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

«Everyone is very happy,» says Alex Bradshaw, scientific director of the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics in Garching, Germany, and chair of Germany's fusion research program.

Does Iran have a fusion research program?

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.

A fusion research program nurtured in isolation could blossom as Iran joins the ITER megaproject.

Still, the payoff could be huge: While mainstream fusion research programs are still decades from fruition, Lerner claims he requires just $ 750,000 in funding and two years of work to prove his process generates more energy than it consumes.

Some lawmakers say it may be time for the United States to bow out, especially as the growing ITER commitment threatens to starve U.S. - based fusion research programs.

Most nations involved in ITER have robust fusion research programs that are essential to tackle other key scientific and technical issues.

Not exact matches

The Energy Department's ARPA - E program has conducted early - stage research into technologies such as advanced batteries, fusion and nanotechnology.

The United States is spending $ 124 million for the ITER fusion reactor in Cadarache, France, and roughly $ 279 million on domestic research programs this year.

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 need to compensate the runner - up «has turned necessity into advantage for the fusion program,» says Günter Janeschitz, head of fusion at Germany's Karlsruhe research center.

In his opening statement at the bill's markup, Representative Rodney Frelinghuysen (R - NJ) noted that, «within science research, funding for the domestic fusion program is restored to last year's level, and the international fusion program is increased to come closer to our commitments.»

The request came as the U.S. program was struggling to maintain a viable research program amid stagnant budgets and the growing financial commitment to ITER, which is consuming an increasingly large share of U.S. fusion funding.

If the president's request is approved by Congress it will put a severe squeeze on the U.S. domestic fusion program and will force the closure of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Alcator C - Mod reactor, one of only three large machines, known as tokamaks, in the United States that are doing vital research in preparation for ITER.

Acting on two (of 12) spending bills under its jurisdiction, the panel agreed on Wednesday to increase the president's request for fusion research at the Department of Energy by a total of $ 76 million, including $ 48 million more for the domestic program and $ 28 million for the U.S. contribution to the ITER fusion reactor being built in France.

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.

As a result, one leading national laboratory began to impose mandatory 2 - day - per - month «unpaid holidays» on its science staff, several laboratories began laying off researchers, the U.S. portion of the international program to develop plentiful energy through nuclear fusion was reduced to «survival mode,» America's firms continued to spend three times more on litigation than research, and many young would - be scientists presumably began reconsidering their careers.

The PPPL Off - Site University Research (OSUR) Program provides scientific outreach to a broad range of U.S. colleges and universities in various areas of plasma and fusion science.

«U.S. fusion - energy research has well - defined goals and programs,» says Logan.

The Fusion Energy Sciences Postdoctoral Research Program offers recent doctoral degree recipients the opportunity to conduct research in the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) fusion energy research and development pResearch Program offers recent doctoral degree recipients the opportunity to conduct research in the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) fusion energy research and development presearch in the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) fusion energy research and development presearch and development programs.

Prager noted further advances ranging from a new partnership between the Theory Department and the NSTX research group to new programs in astrophysics and low - temperature plasmas, new collaborations with superconducting fusion facilities around the world and new links to other parts of the University in fields that include plasma astrophysics and material sciences.

As a past leader of the U.S. federal fusion program, I played a significant role in establishing tokamak research to the U.S., and I had high hopes for its success.

After reading yesterday's post on the brewing fight over funding for nuclear fusion research, Robert L. Hirsch, who directed the country's fusion energy program in the 1970s through the Atomic Energy Commission, got in touch to describe how his views of the prospects of harnessing fusion as a practical energy source have evolved.

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