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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

 

Financial Assistance Award (GRANT)

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Grant Solicitation Awards for Laser Fusion Research 
Applications.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to 10 CFR 600.15, The U.S. DOE announces that it 
plans to conduct a technically competitive solicitation for basic 
research experiments in high energy density studies at the National 
Laser's User's Facility (NLUF) located at the University of Rochester 
Laboratory for Laser Energetics (UR/LLE). Grant Solicitation No. DE-
PS03-95SF20539. Universities or other higher education institutions, 
private sector not-for-profit organizations, or other entities are 
invited to submit grant applications. The total amount of funding 
expected to be available for the Fiscal Year 1995 (FY95) program cycle 
is $450,000. Multiple awards are anticipated.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Hank Jones, DOE Oakland Operations Office, 1301 Clay Street, Room 700N, 
Oakland, CA 94612-5208, (510) 637-1868.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested parties can obtain a 3\1/2\'' 
computer floppy disk of the solicitation document by submitting a 
written request; specify WordPerfect 5.0 for DOS or Microsoft Word 5.0 
for Macintosh. The solicitation document contains all the information 
relative to this action for prospective applicants. The solicitation is 
targeted for release in October 1994. The actual work to be 
accomplished will be determined by the experiments and diagnostic 
techniques that are selected for award.
    Proposed experiments and diagnostic techniques will be evaluated 
through scientific peer review against predetermined, published and 
available criteria. Final selection will be made by the DOE. It is 
anticipated that multiple grants will be awarded within available 
funding. The unique resources of the NLUF are available to scientists 
for state-of-the-art experiments primarily in the area of inertial 
fusion and related plasma physics. Other areas such as spectroscopy of 
high ionized atoms, laboratory astrophysics, fundamental physics, 
materials science, and biology and chemistry will be considered on a 
secondary basis.
    The LLE was established in 1970 to investigate the interaction of 
high power lasers with matter. Available at the LLE for NLUF 
researchers is the upgraded OMEGA LASER, A 30 Kj uv, 24-beam laser 
system (at 0.35um) suitable for direct-drive ICC implosions, and the 
Glass Development Laser (GDL), a 250 billion watt, single beam 
prototype for the variety of experiments including laser-plasma 
interactions and atomic spectroscopy. The NLUF program for FY95 is to 
concentrate on experiments than can be done with the OMEGA laser at the 
University of Rochester and development of diagnostic techniques 
suitable for the upgraded OMEGA system. Measurements of the laser 
coupling, laser-plasma interactions, core temperature, and core density 
are needed to determine the characteristics of the target implosions. 
Diagnostic techniques could include either new instrumentation, 
development of analysis tools, or development of targets that are 
applicable for 30 kJ direct-drive implosions. Additional technical 
information about the facilities and potential collaboration at NLUF 
can be obtained from: Dr. James Knauer, Manager, National Laser User's 
Facility, University of Rochester/LLE, 250 East River Road, Rochester, 
NY 14623.

    Issued in Oakland, CA September 23, 1994.
Joan Macrusky,
Chief, Energy Research Branch.
[FR Doc. 94-25899 Filed 10-18-94; 8:45 am]
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