Computing initiatives would be winners in the proposal; losers
include fusion research.
Not exact matches
Dr. Peter Turchi, who worked on
fusion experiments in the 1970s,
including Linus for the U.S. Naval
Research Lab, also concludes that General
Fusion has several technical advantages now that could help them succeed.
Users of NIF
include scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories, worldwide
fusion energy and high - energy density science
research centers, academia, and other national and international facilities.
NIF users
include scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories, worldwide
fusion energy and high energy density science
research centers, academia, and other national and international sources.
Other goals
include increased funding for nuclear weapons
research; increased
research on nanotechnology; space station, moon, and Mars projects at NASA; work on hydrogen fuels; and support for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER)
fusion project.
The Department of Energy offers several
research stints,
including one at its magnetic
fusion facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California.
The Interactive Plasma Physics Education Experience provides a detailed introduction to plasma physics and
fusion research,
including the «virtual tokamak» and the «virtual magnetic stability module.»
Other nuclear scientists are waiting to see how South Korea's new energy policy, due by the end of the year, might affect
research,
including work on
fusion reactors.
Fusion energy
research would get a 4 % increase, to $ 395 million,
including $ 63 million for the ITER
fusion research reactor now under construction in France.
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.
«This
research is an outcome of a fantastic
fusion between my colleagues, which
include biologists in my lab, chemists in the Itami lab, as well as the Molecular Structure Center at ITbM,» says Higashiyama.
In addition, PPPL scientists and engineers are applying knowledge gained in
fusion research to other theoretical and experimental areas,
including the development of plasma thrusters and the propagation of intense beams of ions.
A final chapter mentions future avenues of cell
research,
including cloning, stem cell
research, and cell
fusion.
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.
Their
research led to the development of NORCLA code, the first non-classified coupled code,
including time - dependent hydrodynamics and realistic neutron - gamma transport with adequate energy source from
fusion and fission materials.
As associate director of the Physical & Life Sciences directorate, he has responsibility for
research and development,
including nuclear, particle and accelerator science; condensed matter and high - pressure physics;
fusion energy; medical physics and biophysics; earth sciences, chemistry optical sciences and instrumentation; and high - energy - density physics.
Big science will probably get all of the
research and development money for expansion of existing big budget projects,
including hot
fusion, CO2 sequestration, supercolliders for particle physics, and other pure science
research which has so far proved of no utility.
But it also
includes a line that will be particularly worth remembering if this design ends up breaking the «just 30 years away» spell that's surrounded
fusion research for more than half a century:
Specific
research topics
include carbon dioxide, methane and water fluxes and their reservoirs in vegetation and soil, transport in atmosphere, and model - data
fusion using advanced numerical methods.The
research is based on numerical modelling, from local to global scale with focus on northern regions.