Director Project
Resume:
OFES Perspective
Presentation to FESAC
November 6, 2008
Gene Nardella, Acting
Associate Director of Science
for Fusion Energy Sciences
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Outline
OFES Staffing Issues
FY 2009 Budget
Stellarators
NSTX Upgrades
ITER
Solicitation Status and Schedule
Strategic Planning Activities
Staffing Issues
Management and Division Structure remain unchanged.
Management roles continue to be filled with Acting Associate Director (AD) and
Division Directors (DD).
Associate Director
Gene Nardella, Acting
Research ITER and International
Division Director Division Director
Curt Bolton, Acting Erol Oktay, Acting
Announcement for New AD position closed on October 22, 2008.
Postings for DD positions and OFES reorganization are delayed until New AD is
selected and on board.
Hutch Neilson (PPPL) is serving as detailee to assist with strategic planning and
MFE-related Research Needs Workshop. Effective October 2008.
Appointment of an IPA is expected in January 2009 to assist with strategic
planning for basic plasma science area including High Energy Density
Laboratory Plasmas (HEDLP), as a follow-up to NRC 2010 Decadal Study and
FESAC HEDLP Panel.
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Fusion Energy Sciences Budget $214.5M
(Table Dollars in Thousands)
150000
FY07 at $311,664
FY08 at $294,933*
FY09 at $493,050 (Request)
100000
Fusion
Simulation
Program (FSP)
50000
0
Tokamak ITER Theory Enabling General Other** HEDLP NCSX NSTX Other
Alts***
and R&D Plasma
SciDAC Science
Alternates
FY 2008 National Compact Stellarator Experiment (NCSX) Terminated.
FY 2009 Request for NCSX reallocated; FY 2009 details include:
Full funding for ITER
Increase in facilities operations including planning for proposed upgrades for NSTX
Increase for two initiatives -- FSP and HEDLP
Continuing Resolution (CR) in place until March 6, 2009
*Includes $15.4M in Supplemental funding for ITER
**Includes: International, HBCU, Education, IPA/Detailees, SBIR/STTR, GPP/GPE, Env. Monitoring
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***Includes: Experimental Plasma Research and Madison Symmetrical Torus
Stellarators
NCSX closeout costs were provided for in FY 2008.
FY 2009 funding ($20.25M) planned for NCSX has been redirected
as follows:
Increases in Operations for all three major
+16.85M
facilities including planning for proposed
upgrades for NSTX
+3.4M
Enhanced stellarator research
The Stellarator community is preparing a plan for OFES review with the
key objective being the pursuit of the benefits of quasi-symmetry.
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Plans for the National Spherical Torus
Experiment (NSTX)
In FY 2009, funding redirection will provide for increases in
facilities operations including planning for proposed
upgrades for NSTX.
1. New center stack magnet assembly that will double the
magnetic field
2. A second neutral beam (NB) line that will double the NB power
into heating the plasma
The upgrades are aimed at maintaining NSTX as a world
leader in research on the spherical torus concept.
The proposed funding and schedule for the upgrades must be
better defined before proceeding.
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ITER from a Program Perspective
In January 2008, DOE approved Critical Decision 1 (Approve Alternative
Selection and Cost Range) which sets the Total Project Cost (TPC) range
at $1.45 to $2.2 billion (as spent) and the schedule range for U.S. ITER
Project completion (Critical Decision 4) at FY 2014 2017.
CD-1 approval preceded the significant funding cut contained in the
FY 2008 Omnibus Appropriation; impacts on the cost and schedule ranges
are likely.
The FY 2009 Appropriation will determine the extent that the project can
resume fulfilling its commitments to design and R&D, long-lead
procurements, and funding contributions to the ITER Organization. A year-
long CR could be problematic depending on specific guidance.
Despite the funding problems, the U.S. has remained fully engaged in
ITER activities at the international level, including those subsidiary bodies
associated with its governance. The Export Control Working Group is the
newest, established in FY 2008.
The most urgent tasks at present are to complete work on the overall ITER
design and systems engineering and establish realistic schedule and cost
baselines.
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OFES Solicitation Status and Schedule
Closed 09/11/2008
OFES-NNSA Joint Solicitation in HEDLP
45 Lab Proposals / 84 University Proposals
S. Barish
Closed 09/25/2008
NSTX Diagnostics Collaborations
11 Proposals Received & Under Review
S. Eckstrand
Closed 10/22/2008
NSF/DOE Partnership
144 Proposals Received
M. Crisp
Proposals Due 12/10/2008
Fusion Simulation Program
J. Mandrekas
7 Pre-proposals Under Review
Plasma Science Centers
Full Proposal Due 01/30/2009
M. Crisp
To be issued in Winter of 2009
Innovative Confinement Concepts
S. Barish
Planned for Fall 2009
NSTX Laboratory Only
S. Eckstrand
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OFES Strategic Planning
(Near-Term & Long-Range Activities)
Why?
OFES Program is entering into the ITER/Burning Plasma era.
Congress directed DOE to provide a report that describes a Near-
credible plan for a world-leading U.S. fusion program by Term
March 1, 2009.
How?
OFES is developing a Strategic Plan Overview for the entire fusion
program to respond to the Congressional Request.
Draw upon recent and soon-to-be-completed reports and studies.
FY 07 The National Research Council (NRC) report, Plasma Science -
Advancing Knowledge in the National Interest, May 2007
Priorities, Gaps and Opportunities, October 2007 (Greenwald Panel)
FY 08
Toroidal Alternates Panel, November 2008 (Hill Panel)
FY 09
HEDLP Panel, January 2009 (Betti Panel)
Long-
Range
Conduct a series of Research Needs Workshops (ReNeWs)
to obtain input for the detailed Strategic Plan(s).
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Completing the Near-Term Activity
The Outline of the Strategic Plan Overview is being presented to
you today.
Following today s discussion and feedback, DOE will complete a
draft of the Plan.
FESAC will receive a draft of the Strategic Plan Overview in the
late November/early December 2008 timeframe for review and
comment.
FESAC should present a single set of comments at the
January 13-14, 2009 FESAC Meeting, with the final set to DOE
by January 20, 2009.
DOE will consider the FESAC input in developing the final
version of the Strategic Plan Overview.
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Follow-up with the Long-Range Activity
The two letters to the community described the intentions of
the Near-Term and Long-Range activities (Letters of
September 19 and October 16 from Gene Nardella)
OFES will use workshop reports as basis for a Long-Range
Strategic Plan.
Conduct the Magnetic Fusion Energy Sciences (MFES)
workshop first with a current schedule to complete the MFES
Strategic Plan by March 2010.
Conduct similar workshop(s) for the Plasma Science and
HEDLP elements of the program to provide input into the
Plasma Science/HEDLP Strategic Plan(s).
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MFES Research Needs Workshop
June 8-12, 2009, North Bethesda, MD
Themes:
Producing High-Performance Plasmas (Greenwald)
Taming the Plasma-Materials Interface (Greenwald)
Harnessing Fusion Power (Greenwald)
Understanding the Burning Plasma State
Optimizing the Magnetic Configuration (Hill)
Will require extensive preparation and community participation
Attendance at workshop will be by invitation only
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Workshop Structure, Leadership and OFES Champions
Magnetic Fusion Energy Sciences Program
Workshop Leadership
Richard Hazeltine, Chair
David Hill, Vice Chair
Hutch Neilson, PPPL*
Al Opdenaker, OFES**
High-Performance Harnessing Optimizing the
Plasma Material
Burning Plasma
Steady-State Fusion Power Magnetic
Interface
State
Plasmas Configuration
Mike Ulrickson, Chair Wayne Meier, Chair John Sarff, Chair
Jim Van Dam, Chair Amanda Hubbard, Chair
Rajesh Maingi, V.Chair Rene Raffray, V.Chair Mike Zarnstorff, V.Chair
Mickey Wade, V.Chair Chuck Greenfield, V.Chair
Rostom Dagazian OFES** Barry Sullivan OFES** Sam Barish OFES**
John Mandrekas OFES** Mark Foster OFES**
Fuel Cycle
Plasma-Wall
Alpha particles Measurement Stellarator
Interactions
Plasma-Facing
Size scaling Integration Spherical Torus
Power Extraction
Components
Internal Reversed Field
Materials Science
Thermonuclear Validated Predictive
Components Pinch
environment Modeling
High performance and Compact Toroids
Safety
Control
burn control
Off-Normal Plasma RAMI
Self-organized
Events
profiles
Notes:
Non-linear * Hutch Neilson (PPPL) is on detail to OFES to assist
Plasma Modification
with the MFE strategic planning activities.
coupling and by Auxiliary Systems **OFES staff members listed will serve as OFES
integration Champions to assist in all related activities.
Magnets
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Challenges and Changes Ahead
Receive and Respond to the FY 2009
Appropriation
Transition to a New Administration
Fulfill Near-Term and Longer-Term ITER
Commitments
Enhance OFES Leadership
Complete and Implement Strategic Planning
Activities and Results
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