[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 67 (Friday, April 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15233-15234]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8499]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Financial Assistance Award (GRANT)

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

ACTION: Solicitation of Applications for Grant Awards for High-Energy 
Density and Laser-Matter Interaction Studies.

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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 and laser matter 
interaction studies at the National Laser Users' Facility (NLUF) 
located at the University of Rochester Laboratory for Laser Energetics 
(UR/LLE).
    Grant Solicitation No. DE-PS03-96SF21040. 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 
Fiscal Year 1997 (FY97) program cycle is $700,000. Multiple awards are 
anticipated.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Solomon, Contracting Officer, 
DOE Oakland Operations Office, 1301 Clay Street, Room 700N, Oakland, CA 
94612-5208, Telephone No. (510) 637-1865.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The solicitation is targeted for release 
approximately April 19, 1996. 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

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grants will be awarded within the available funding. The unique 
resources of the NLUF are available to scientists for state-of-the art 
experiments primarily in the area of inertial confinement fusion (ICF) 
and related plasma physics. Other areas such as spectroscopy of highly 
ionized atoms, laboratory astrophysics, fundamental physics, material 
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 60 beam laser 
system (at 0.35 um) suitable for direct-drive ICF implosions, and the 
Glass Development Laser (GDL), a 1 trillion watt, single beam prototype 
for the OMEGA (at 0.35um). The systems are suitable for a variety of 
experiments including laser-plasma interactions and atomic 
spectroscopy. The NLUF program for FY97 is to concentrate on 
experiments that can be done with the OMEGA laser at the University of 
Rochester and development of diagnostic techniques suitable for the 
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 implosions. 
Additional information about the facilities and potential collaboration 
at the NLUF can be obtained from: Dr. James Knauer, Manager, National 
Laser Users' Facility, University of Rochester/LLE, 250 East River 
Road, Rochester, NY 14623.

    Issued in Oakland, CA, March 20, 1996.
Joan Macrusky,
Chief, Financial Assistance Branch, Program Acquisition and Assistance 
Division.
[FR Doc. 96-8499 Filed 4-4-96; 8:45 am]
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