2014 FESAC Strategic Planning Panel
This website supports the 2014 FESAC Strategic Planning Panel.
Led by Prof. Mark Koepke (West Virginia University, Chair) and Prof. Steve Zinkle (Univ. Tennessee - Knoxville, Vice Chair).
Fusion Energy Sciences contact at DOE: Sam Barish
Members of the subcommittee are listed here.
Panel Documents
- Charge, by Patricia Dehmer, Acting Director, Office of Science, April 8, 2014
- Motivation and Process, by Prof. Mark Koepke, West Virginia University, FESAC SP Panel Chair
- Presentation at FESAC, by E. Synakowski, Assoc Director, FES. April 10, 2014
- Presentation at FESAC meeting, Sept 22, 2014, by Prof. Mark Koepke, "FESAC Strategic Planning (SP) Report", West Virginia University, FESAC SP Panel Chair
- Final Draft of Panel: FESAC Report on Strategic Planning: Priorities Assessment and Budget Scenarios, September 22, 2014
- University Fusion Association Town Hall presentation of the Strategic Planning Panel report, October 27, 2014
FESAC Documents
- Final FESAC Report on "Strategic Planning: Priorities Assessment and Budget Scenarios", December 31, 2014
- Transmittal letter to Office of Science, December 30, 2014
- Minority comment from FESAC, December 23, 2014
Request for White Paper Submission
The FESAC Strategic Planning Panel invites all members of the fusion-research and plasma-science communities to submit a white paper expressing a particular scientific topic’s status and priorities, as updated from the 2007 Greenwald’s FESAC panel report on Priorities, Gaps, and Opportunities, and a separate white paper expressing that topic's associated initiatives, i.e., new and exciting topic sub-elements of a given program element.
This document will explain that both white papers should put the author's comments into the context of the mission of DOE-FES for all three program elements and, for the Foundations and the Long Pulse program elements, into the context of the Gaps as analyzed in Chapter 4 of the 2007 Greenwald-Panel report and the first two Challenges on page 9 of E. Synakowski's 9 April presentation "The charge for advice on strategic planning". White papers will be accepted until 1 September 2014. Please submit your written submissions via e-mail simultaneously to Mark Koepke (SP Panel) and to Mark London (USBPO) by using the email address SPwhitepapers@burningplasma.org. All of the received white papers will be posted or linked for public viewing on this web site.
Submitted Whitepapers
White papers received by the FESAC subcommittee for Status and Priorites, and Initiatives.Abstracts received by the FESAC subcommittee for the June meeting are available here.
Abstracts received by the FESAC subcommittee for the July meeting are available here.
Information on Public Meetings, June 3-5 and July 8-10
The meetings were held at:Location: Gaithersburg Marriott Washingtonian Center
9751 Washingtonian Boulevard
Gaithersburg, MD. 20878
Click here for the detailed schedule of the 8-10 July meeting.
July 8, Tuesday, "Major Facilities" [i.e., Burning Plasma: Foundations]
(12 talks): 3 from Asia (EAST, KSTAR, JT-60SA), 3 from Europe (JET, ASDEX-U, ITER),PPPL, C-Mod, Gen. Atomics, small Spherical Tori, Other
July 9, Wednesday, "Advanced Measurement for Validation" [i.e., Burning Plasma: Foundations]
(12 talks): Measurement Innovation, Developing a Long-Range Strategy, Universities, International Partnerships, Other
July 10, Thursday, "Prediction and Control" [i.e., Burning Plasma: Foundations]
(12 talks): Theory and Simulation, Plasma-on-Surface Interaction, Other, Overflow
Click here to see the detailed schedule for the 3-5 June meeting.
June 3, Tuesday, "Heat Fluxes, Neutron Fluences, Long Pulse Length" [i.e., Burning Plasma: Long Pulse], (12 talks).
June 4, Wednesday, "Astrophysical Phenomena, Plasma Control Important for Industrial Applications" [i.e., Discovery Science], (12 talks).
June 5, Thursday, "Discovery Science, Advanced Measurement for Validation," [i.e., Discovery Science], (12 talks).
Reference Documents
- FESAC Panel White paper format guidance.
- FESAC Panel presentation format guidance.
- FESAC Panel presentation content perspective.
- FESAC 'Priorities, Gaps and Opportunities' Report (2007)
- FESAC Fusion Materials Sciences and Technology Opportunities in the ITER Era (2012)
- FESAC Opportunities and Modes of International Collaboration During the ITER Era (2012)
- FESAC Magnetic Fusion Energy Program Priorities (2013)
- FESAC Prioritization of Scientific User Facilities during 2014-2024 (2013)
- Workshop on Opportunities for Plasma Astrophysics report. (2010)
- Research Needs for Magnetic Fusion Energy Sciences (2009)
- FESAC A Plan for the Development of Fusion Energy (2003)
- Strategic Program Plan for Fusion Energy Sciences (2004)
- The following reports can be found here:
- Fusion Electricity: A roadmap to the realisation of fusion energy (EU, November 2012)
- Annexes to Fusion Electricity: A roadmap to the realisation of fusion energy (EU, 2012)
- China CFETR Plan (2013)
- Fusion Nuclear Science Pathways Assessment (2011)
- The National Academics report "Plasma Science: Advancing Knowledge in the National Interest" (2007)
High-Energy-Density Laboratory Plasmas (HEDLP) Basic Needs Workshop Report (2009)
Magnetic Fusion Energy Sciences Research Needs Worshop (ReNeW) Study (2009)
Low Temperature Plasma Science Workshop Report (2008)