will hold a hearing on Thursday, March 8, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “The FY 2013 DOE Budget.”

cost containment, development of the radiofrequency heating systems and in-vessel coil systems, status of R&D on the ITER Disruption Mitigation System and resolution of central solenoid conductor problems.

The Committee will prepare a report that will: Assess the prospects for generating power using inertial confinement fusion; Identify scientific and engineering challenges, cost targets, and R&D objectives associated with developing an IFE demonstration plant; and Advise the U.S. Department of Energy on its development of an R&D roadmap aimed at creating a conceptual design for an inertial fusion energy demonstration plant.

The Committee will prepare a report that will: Assess the prospects for generating power using inertial confinement fusion; Identify scientific and engineering challenges, cost targets, and R&D objectives associated with developing an IFE demonstration plant; and Advise the U.S. Department of Energy on its development of an R&D roadmap aimed at creating a conceptual design for an inertial fusion energy demonstration plant.

WASHINGTON - The United States is badly lagging in basic research on new forms of energy, deepening the nation’s dependence on dirty fuels and crippling its international competitiveness, a diverse group of business executives (ncluding Bill Gates, Norm Augustine) warn in a study released Thursday. June 9, 2010

During the Feb 23-24 meeting, the schedule and its improved risk mitigation measures were presented by the ITER Organization. The Members were pleased to note the progress made, and gave us their full support to move ahead. The next step now will be to present the improved schedule to the Management Advisory Committee (MAC), which will hold an exceptional meeting on 10-11 March in

preparation for a possible consensus before the next ITER Council meeting in June

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February 26, 2010