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Fusion Science Assessment
Statement of Task
The Fusion Science Assessment Committee (FuSAC) will assess the quality of the science component of the program of the Office of Fusion Energy Sciences (OFES) in the Office of Science of the Department of Energy. Criteria for the assessment will include excellence, impact, role in education, and contribution to strengthening the scientific foundation for fusion. FuSAC will develop a science strategy for the program that will provide a context for judgement and a direction for future development.
This study was commissioned by Dr. Martha Krebs, Director, Office of Science, Department of Energy.
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Schedule
May 16-19, 1999
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First meeting of the Committee at the University of California at San Diego.
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July 21-23, 1999
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Second meeting of the Committee in conjunction with the Plasma Science Snowmass Conference.
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August 31, 1999
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Interim Report Released.
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November 17-18, 1999
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Third meeting of the Committee
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February 23-25, 2000
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Fourth meeting of the Committee.
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May 8-9, 2000
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Fifth and final meeting of the Committee at the Academies' Beckman Study Center, Irvine, CA
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October 23, 2000
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Completion of review process and release of final report in prepublication form.
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February 1, 2001
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Publication of report by National Academy Press.
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Current Status
The Committee has issued a letter report. As stated in the cover letter, "The committee prepared the interim report to fulfill the commitment to provide OFES with some initial comments on the quality of the science in its program in time for inclusion in OFES’s plans for the next year."
The final report provides a more comprehensive assessment and addresses long-term issues facing the field. Entitled An Assessment of the Department of Energy's Office of Fusion Energy Sciences Program, the final report has now been published by the National Academy Press.
Committee Membership
Charles Kennel, Chair, Scripps Institute of Oceanography
Linda Capuano, Honeywell, Inc.
Patrick Colestock, Los Alamos National Laboratory
France Cordova, University of California at Santa Barbara
James Drake, University of Maryland
Nathaniel Fisch, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Lennard Fisk, University of Michigan
Raymond Fonck, University of Wisconsin
Robert Frosch, JFK School of Government, Harvard University
George Gloeckler, University of Maryland
Zoran Mikic, Science Applications International Corporation
Albert Narath, Lockheed-Martin (retired)
Claudio Pellegrini, University of California at Los Angeles
Stewart Prager, University of Wisconsin
Andrew Sessler, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Robert Socolow, Princeton University
Robert Rosner, University of Chicago
James Van Dam, University of Texas at Austin
Jonathan Wurtele, University of California at Berkeley
NRC Staff:
Donald C. Shapero, Study Director
Joel Parriott, Program Officer
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