|
Snowmass 2002 Fusion Energy Sciences Summer Study
8-19 July 2002
Snowmass Village,
Colorado, USA
The 2002 Fusion Energy Sciences Summer Study will be a forum for the
critical assessment of major next-steps in the fusion energy sciences program,
and will provide crucial community input to the long-range planning activities
undertaken by the DOE
and the FESAC. It will be an ideal place for a broad community of
scientists to examine goals and proposed initiatives in burning plasma
science in magnetic fusion energy and integrated research experiments in
inertial fusion energy.
This meeting is open to every member of the fusion energy science community
and significant international participation is encouraged.
Objectives of the Fusion Summer Study
-
Review scientific issues in burning plasmas to establish the basis
for the following two objectives. Address the relation of burning
plasma in tokamaks to innovative MFE confinement concepts and of
ignition in IFE to integrated research facilities.
-
Provide a forum for critical discussion and review of proposed MFE
burning plasma experiments (e.g.,
FIRE,
IGNITOR and
ITER{EU, GA})
and assess the scientific and technological research opportunities and
prospective benefits of these approaches to the study of burning plasmas.
-
Provide a forum for the IFE community to present plans for
prospective integrated research facilities, assess present status of
the technical base for each, and establish a timetable and technical
progress necessary to proceed for each.
Background
The 2002 Summer Study will build on earlier planning activity at the
1999 Fusion Summer Study
and the scientific assessments at the
UFA-sponsored
Burning Plasma Science Workshops
(Austin, December 2000
and San Diego, May 2001).
The scientific views of the participants developed
during the 2002 Summer Study preparation activities and during the
2002 Summer Study itself, will provide critical fusion community
input to the decision process of FESAC and DOE in 2002-2003, and to
the review of burning plasma science by the National Academy of
Sciences called for by FESAC and Energy Legislation which was passed
by the House of Representatives [H. R. 4].
Output of the Fusion Summer Study
An executive summary based on summary reports from each of the
working groups will be prepared as well as a comprehensive
proceedings of plenary and contributed presentations.
|