Office of Science; Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 69 (Monday, April 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 17650]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-9002]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Office of Science; Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Fusion Energy Sciences 
Advisory Committee. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 
86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be 
announced in the Federal Register.

DATES: Wednesday, May 19, 1999, 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.; Thursday, May 
20, 1999, 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; and Friday, May 21, 1999, 8:30 a.m. 
to 12:00 noon.

ADDRESSES: Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (Melvin Gottlieb 
Auditorium); U.S. Route #1; Princeton, N.J., 08543.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Albert L. Opdenaker, Office of Fusion 
Energy Sciences; U.S. Department of Energy; 19901 Germantown Road; 
Germantown, MD 20874-1290; Telephone: 301-903-4927.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Meeting

    The Committee will hear presentations on fusion research at 
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), Naval Research Laboratory, 
and universities. The Committee will tour the PPPL facilities and 
receive a briefing on the three ongoing proof-of-principle programs.

Tentative Agenda

Wednesday, May 19, 1999
    1:00 p.m.--Tour PPPL Facilities
    6:00 p.m.--Briefing on Fusion Research at PPPL
Thursday, May 20, 1999
    8:30 a.m.
    Continue PPPL Briefing
    Report on Status of Proof-of-Principle Programs
    Briefing on Fusion Research at the Naval Research Laboratory
    Briefing on Fusion Research at the Universities
    Report on Status of the Goals and Metrics Panel Activities
    6:00 p.m.--Adjourn
Friday, May 21, 1999
    8:30 a.m.--Continue Discussions, Public Comments
    12:00 noon--Adjourn

Public Participation

    The meeting is open to the public. If you would like to file a 
written statement with the Committee, you may do so either before or 
after the meeting. If you would like to make oral statements regarding 
any of the items on the agenda, you should contact Albert L. Opdenaker 
at 301-903-8584 (fax) or albert.opdenaker@science.doe.gov (email). 
Please make your request for an oral statement at least 5 business days 
before the meeting. Reasonable provision will be made to include the 
scheduled oral statements on the agenda. The Chairperson of the 
Committee will conduct the meeting to facilitate the orderly conduct of 
business. Public comment will follow the 10-minute rule.

Minutes

    We will make the minutes of this meeting available for public 
review and copying within 30 days at the Freedom of Information Public 
Reading Room; I-190; Forrestal Building; 1000 Independence Avenue, 
S.W.; Washington, D.C., between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays.

    Issued at Washington, D.C., on April 7, 1999.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-9002 Filed 4-9-99; 8:45 am]
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