[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 244 (Friday, December 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66616-66617]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33207]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Financial Assistance Award (Grant)

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.

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 600.8, the Department of Energy (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-PS03-98SF21535. 
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 1999 (FY99) 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, Facsimile No.: (510) 637-
2074, E Mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The solicitation document contains all the 
information relative to this action for prospective applicants. The 
solicitation is targeted for release on or about January 9, 1998. 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 the available funding. The 
unique resources of the NLUF are available, on a no-fee basis, 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 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 30-40 kJ UV, 60-beam laser 
system (at 0.35 um) suitable for direct-drive ICF implosions and other 
experimental configurations. This system is suitable for a variety of 
experiments including laser-plasma interactions and atomic 
spectroscopy. The NLUF program for FY99 will support experiments that 
can be done with the Omega Laser at the University of Rochester and 
development of diagnostic techniques suitable for the Omega Laser 
system. Measurements of the laser coupling, laser-plasma interactions, 
core temperature, and core density are needed to determine the 
characteristics of target implosions. Diagnostic techniques could 
include either new instrumentation, development of analysis tools, or 
development of targets that are applicable for 30-40 kJ implosions. 
Additional technical information about the available facilities and 
potential collaboration at the NLUF can be

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obtained from: Dr. John M. Soures, Manager, National Laser Users' 
Facility, University of Rochester/LLE, 250 East River Road, Rochester, 
NY 14623-1299.

    Issued in Oakland, CA on December 9, 1997.
W.E. ``Bill'' O'Neal,
Acting Branch Chief, Financial Assistance Branch, Program Acquisition 
and Assistance Division.
[FR Doc. 97-33207 Filed 12-18-97; 8:45 am]
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