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Date: Thursday 2 May 2002 16:26:45 -0500
Reply-To: Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee
Sender: Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee
From: Richard Hazeltine <rdh@PHYSICS.UTEXAS.EDU>
Subject: Secretary Abraham on fusion
To: Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee

FESAC Colleagues:

John Willis drew my attention to the following remarks of the Secretary of Energy, made at the Conference of G8 Ministers in Detroit, today:

"Advanced technology, and the contributions of science, play a critical role in our future energy plans. Along with promising innovations such as hydrogen fuel cells, the President is anxious to accelerate fusion power as a realistic source of energy.

We are now engaged in serious consultation here in the United States and around the world on how best to pursue a fusion program.

President Bush is particularly interested in the potential of the international effort know as ITER and has asked us to seriously consider American participation.

This major international effort will answer a critical scientific question: Can a fusion reaction - the kind of reaction that powers the sun - be harnessed here on earth for the benefit of all mankind?"

The complete text of the Secretary's speech can be found at

http://www.energy.gov/HQDocs/speeches/2002/mayss/PublicEnergyForumLunch.html

Regards, Richard

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Richard Hazeltine
Physics Department
University of Texas at Austin