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Inertial Confinement Fusion Advisory Committee/Defense Programs; 
Partially Closed Meeting

    Pursuant to the provision of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) notice is hereby given of the following 
meeting:

    Name: Inertial Confinement Fusion Advisory Committee/Defense 
Programs.
    Date and Time: Agenda is Subject to Revision

Wednesday, May 18, 1994, 7 p.m.-9 p.m.-Open
Thursday, May 19, 1994, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.-Closed
Thursday, May 19, 1994, 3:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m.-Open
Friday, May 20, 1994, 7:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.-Open

    Place: University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, Laboratory for 
Laser Energetics, COI Seminar Room.
    Contact: Marshall M. Sluyter, Designated Federal Officer, Office 
of Research and Inertial Fusion (DP-11), Office of Defense Programs, 
Washington, DC 20585, Telephone: (301) 903-3345.
    Persons wishing to attend the meeting should submit their names 
to Ms. Jean Steve at the University of Rochester Laboratory for 
Laser Energetics, (716) 275-5286, on or before May 17, 1994, to 
obtain visitor passes to the meeting room.
    Purpose of the Committee: To provide advice and guidance to the 
Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs on both technical and 
management aspects of the Inertial Confinement Fusion program.
    Purpose of the Meeting: To assess the technical readiness of the 
Inertial Confinement Fusion program to receive approval for the New 
Start of the National Ignition Facility project; to review the 
University of Rochester's inertial confinement fusion program and 
identify its significance to the overall Inertial Confinement Fusion 
program and the National Security Strategic Plan; and to identify 
and evaluate the relative importance of other inertial confinement 
fusion program elements to the overall program mission and the 
National Security Strategic Plan.

Tentative Agenda: Subject to Revision

May 18, 1994

7 p.m.  National Ignition Facility Laser Subcommittee Report
8 p.m.  Committee Discussion

May 19, 1994

8:30 a.m.  Closed Meeting
3:45 p.m.  National Cryogenic Target R&D Program
4:15 p.m.  Advanced Target Materials for NIF
4:35 p.m.  Cryogenic Target Handling for NIF
4:45 p.m.  Opportunity for Public Comment
5:15 p.m.  Committee Discussion

May 20, 1994

7:30 a.m.  University of Rochester Inertial Confinement Fusion 
Program--Introduction
8 a.m.  National Ignition Facility/Omega Upgrade Capsule Physics
8:45 a.m.  Introduction to Omega Upgrade
9:15 a.m.  Tours of Facility
10 a.m.  Experimental Plan and Details
10:50 a.m.  Uniformity Theory
11:10 a.m.  New Distributed Phase Plate Technology
11:30 a.m.  Laboratories' Comments
1:30 p.m.  Committee Discussion
2:10 p.m.  Summary
2:30 p.m.  Adjournment

    Open to the Public: On May 18, 1994, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., on 
May 19, 1994, from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., and on May 20, 1994, from 
7:30 a.m. until adjournment, the meeting is open to the public. The 
Chairman of the Committee is empowered to guide the meeting in a 
manner that will, in the Chairman's judgment, facilitate the orderly 
conduct of business.
    Any member of the public who wishes to make an oral statement 
pertaining to agenda items should contact the Designated Federal 
Officer at the address or telephone number shown above. Requests 
must be received before 3 p.m. (eastern standard time) Friday, May 
13, 1994. Reasonable provisions will be made to include the 
presentation during the public comment period. Oral presenters are 
asked to provide 25 copies of their statements at the time of their 
presentations.
    Written statements pertaining to agenda items may also be 
submitted prior to the meeting. Written statements must be received 
by the Designated Federal Officer at the address shown above before 
3 p.m. (eastern standard time) Friday, May 13, 1994, to assure they 
are considered by the committee during the meeting.
    Closed Meeting: Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended (title 5, 
United States Code, App. 2), section 7234(b), title 42, United 
States Code, and section 552b(c)(1), title 5, United States Code, 
the portion of the meeting from 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. on May 19, 
1994, will be closed to the public in the interest of national 
security.
    Minutes: Minutes of the open portions of the meeting will be 
available for public view and copying approximately 30 days 
following the meeting at the Freedom of Information Public Reading 
Room, room 1E-190, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence 
Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C., 20585, between the hours of 9 a.m.  
and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

    Issued at Washington, DC on April 26, 1994.
Marcia L. Morris,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 94-10421 Filed 4-29-94; 8:45 am]
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