[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 123 (Wednesday, June 25, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36065-36066]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-14337]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Department of Energy, Office of Science.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Fusion Energy Sciences 
Advisory Committee. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 
86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be 
announced in the Federal Register.

DATES: Monday, August 4, 2008, 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and Tuesday, 
August 5, 2008, 8:30 a.m. to noon.

ADDRESSES: The Gaithersburg Hilton, 620 Perry Parkway, Gaithersburg, 
Maryland, 20877.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Albert L. Opdenaker, Office of Fusion 
Energy Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, 
SW., Washington, DC 20585-1290; Telephone: 301-903-4927.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Purpose of the Meeting: The Office of Fusion Energy Sciences (OFES) 
is developing a new strategic plan for the Fusion Energy Sciences (FES) 
program. The Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (FESAC) recently 
completed its report on scientific themes and issues facing the 
magnetic fusion portion of the FES program. At this meeting, FESAC will 
hear a status report from each of its two current panels, one that is 
identifying the scientific themes and issues facing the four major 
alternate confinement concepts, and the other identifying the 
scientific themes and issues facing the high energy density laboratory 
plasmas program. Once these panels complete their work, their output 
along with the previous FESAC report on the themes and issues facing 
the magnetic fusion program will inform the efforts of OFES to produce 
a new strategic plan. In addition, the committee will hear a scientific 
paper, the topic of which has yet to be determined.

Tentative Agenda

Monday, August 4, 2008

     OFES: Plan for developing a new strategic plan for FES
     ITER Project Status
     Status Report: Panel on High Energy Density Laboratory 
Plasmas
     Status Report: Panel on Alternate Confinement Concepts
     Public Comments

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

     Scientific Paper: TBD
     Discussion of Strategic Plan Development
     Adjourn
    Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public. If you 
would like to file a written statement with the

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Committee, you may do so either before or after the meeting. If you 
would like to make oral statements regarding any of the items on the 
agenda, you should contact Albert L. Opdenaker at 301-903-8584 (fax) or 
[email protected] (e-mail). Reasonable provision will be 
made to include the scheduled oral statements on the agenda. The 
Chairperson of the Committee will conduct the meeting to facilitate the 
orderly conduct of business. Public comment will follow the 10-minute 
rule.
    Minutes: The minutes of the meeting will be available on the U.S. 
Department of Energy's Office of Fusion Energy Sciences Web site 
(http://www.science.doe.gov/ofes/).

    Issued at Washington, DC, on June 20, 2008.
Rachel Samuel,
Deputy Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-14337 Filed 6-24-08; 8:45 am]
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