[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 67782]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32644]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Research


Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770), notice is given of a meeting of the 
Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee.

DATES: Tuesday, January 21, 1997, 12 noon to 6 p.m., Wednesday, January 
22, 1997, 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday, January 23, 1997, 8:30 a.m. to 
12 noon.

ADDRESSES: General Atomics, Inc., 3550 General Atomics Drive, Bldg. 7, 
Rm. 217, San Diego, California 92186.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Albert L. Opdenaker, III, Executive 
Assistant, Office of Fusion Energy Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy, 
Germantown, MD 20874, Telephone: 301-903-4941.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Meeting

    The Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee has been charged to 
provide its view of the adequacy of the International Thermonuclear 
Engineering Reactor (ITER) Detailed Design Report as part of the basis 
for a United States Government decision to enter negotiations on the 
terms and conditions for an agreement for the construction, operation, 
exploitation, and decommissioning of ITER. The Committee has been asked 
to provide its view to the Department of Energy by May 1, 1997.
    This will be the full FESAC's first meeting to deal with this 
charge.

Tentative Agenda

Tuesday-Thursday, January 21-23, 1997

--Presentations on ITER Design
--Public Comments
--Discussion of Next Steps

    Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public. Written 
statements may be filed with the Committee either before or after the 
meeting. Members of the public who wish to make oral statements 
pertaining to agenda items should contact John Galambos at 423-576-5436 
(fax) or [email protected] (e-mail). Requests to make oral statements 
must be received 5 days prior to the meeting; reasonable provision will 
be made to include the statement in the agenda. The Chairperson of the 
Committee is empowered to conduct the meeting in a fashion that will 
facilitate the orderly conduct of business.
    Minutes: The minutes of this meeting will be available for public 
review and copying within 30 days at the Freedom of Information Public 
Reading Room, IE-190, Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, 
SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays.

    Issued at Washington, DC, on December 19, 1996.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Acting Deputy Advisory, Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-32644 Filed 12-23-96; 8:45 am]
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