Interim Report—Status of the Study "An Assessment of the Prospects for Inertial Fusion Energy" (2012)

Chapter: Appendix D: Agendas from Committee Meetings and Site Visits

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Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: Agendas from Committee Meetings and Site Visits." National Research Council. 2012. Interim Report—Status of the Study "An Assessment of the Prospects for Inertial Fusion Energy". Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13371.

Appendix D: Agendas from Committee Meetings and Site Visits

First Meeting
National Academies – Keck Center – Washington, D.C.

  Thursday, December 16, 2010

CLOSED SESSION

7:30 am Breakfast available 
8:30 Committee discussionRon Davidson &
Jerry Kulcinski, Co-Chairs
12:00 pm Working Lunch (continued discussion)Committee

OPEN SESSION

1:00 WelcomeRon Davidson &
Jerry Kulcinski, Co-Chairs
1:15 Perspectives from the DOE Office of ScienceSteve Koonin
1:45 Discussion 
2:00 Perspectives from NNSA Stockpile StewardshipChris Deeney
2:20 Discussion 
2:30 Perspectives from the DOE Office of Fusion Energy ScienceEd Synakowski &
Mark Koepke
3:00 Discussion 
3:15 Break 
3:30 Findings from the 2003 FESAC report:
“A Plan for the Development of Fusion Energy”
Robert Goldston,
Michael Campbell
4:00 Discussion 
4:15 Findings from the 2004 FESAC report:
“Review of the Inertial Fusion Energy Program”
Rulon Linford
4:45 Discussion 
5:00 Public Comment SessionAudience
6:00 Meeting adjourns for day 
Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: Agendas from Committee Meetings and Site Visits." National Research Council. 2012. Interim Report—Status of the Study "An Assessment of the Prospects for Inertial Fusion Energy". Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13371.

CLOSED SESSION

6:30 Working Dinner 

  Friday, December 17, 2010

CLOSED SESSION

7:30 am Breakfast 
8:30 Committee discussionCo-Chairs

OPEN SESSION

9:00 Perspectives from the DOE Office of ScienceBill Brinkman
9:30 Discussion 
9:45 Perspectives from NNSA Defense ProgramsDonald Cook
10:15 Discussion 
10:30 Break 
10:45 Challenges to Developing an ICF-based Energy SourceHarold Forsen
11:15 Discussion 
11:30 Perspectives from OSTPSteve Fetter
11:45 General Discussion 

CLOSE SESSION

12:15 pm Working Lunch (including discussion of the below topics) 
1:00 Committee discussionCommittee
3:00 Adjourn 
Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: Agendas from Committee Meetings and Site Visits." National Research Council. 2012. Interim Report—Status of the Study "An Assessment of the Prospects for Inertial Fusion Energy". Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13371.

Second Meeting
San Ramon, California

  Saturday, January 29, 2011

7:30 am Breakfast available 

CLOSED SESSION

8:00 am Welcome and Opening RemarksRon Davidson &
Jerry Kulcinski, Co-Chairs
8:15 am Laser-Driven Inertial Fusion Energy; Indirect-Drive Targets
(including Q&A) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Michael Dunne, Edward Moses, Jeff Latkowski, Tom Anklam, LLNL
10:15 am Break 
10:30 am Laser-Driven Inertial Fusion Energy; Direct-Drive Targets
(including Q&A) University of Rochester
Robert McCrory, Stanley Skupsky, Jonathan Zuegel, LLE

CLOSED SESSION

12:30 pm Working Lunch: preparation of questions for Speakers from morning sessions 

OPEN SESSION

1:00 pm Krypton-Fluoride-Driven Inertial Fusion Energy
(including Q&A) Naval Research Laboratory
John Sethian, Stephen Obenschain, NRL
3:00 pm Break 
3:15 pm Ion-Beam-Driven Inertial fusion Energy
(including Q&A) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Grant Logan, LBNL

CLOSED SESSION

4:45 pm Discussion and Preparation of Questions for Speakers from Afternoon Sessions 

OPEN SESSION

5:00 pm Question and Answer Session with Speakers on All Driver Concepts 
6:00 pm Adjourn open session 
Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: Agendas from Committee Meetings and Site Visits." National Research Council. 2012. Interim Report—Status of the Study "An Assessment of the Prospects for Inertial Fusion Energy". Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13371.

CLOSED SESSION

6:00 pm Committee discussion 
9:00 pm Adjourn for day 

  Sunday, January 30, 2011

CLOSED SESSION

7:30 am Breakfast 

OPEN SESSION

8:00 am Pulsed-Power Inertial Fusion Energy & Targets
(including Q&A) Sandia National Laboratories
Michael Cuneo, Mark Herrmann, SNL

CLOSED SESSION

9:30 am Discussion and Preparation of Questions for Morning Speaker 

OPEN SESSION

9:45 am Questions and Answer Session with Morning Speaker 
10:00 am Perspectives from Los Alamos National Laboratory
(including Q&A)
Juan Fernández, LANL
10:45 am Overview of IFE Target Designs (including Q&A)
(During lunch)
John Perkins, LLNL
11:45 am Break for lunch 
12:00 pm Overview of Chamber and Power Plant Designs for IFE
(including Q&A)
Wayne Meier, LLNL
1:00 pm Target Fabrication and Injection
(including Q&A)
Dan Goodin, General Atomics
2:00 pm Perspective of Stephen Bodner
(including Q&A)
Stephen Bodner
2:45 pm General Question & Answer Period 
3:15 pm Public Comment SessionAll
4:15 pm Adjourn open session 

CLOSED SESSION

4:15 pm Committee discussion 
8:30 pm Adjourn for day 
Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: Agendas from Committee Meetings and Site Visits." National Research Council. 2012. Interim Report—Status of the Study "An Assessment of the Prospects for Inertial Fusion Energy". Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13371.

  Monday, January 31, 2011

OPEN SESSION

7:15 am Gather in hotel lobby 
7:30 am Leave for LLNL via rental cars 
8:00 am Site Visit: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 
11:15 am Gather at rental cars 
11:30 am Leave for LBNL via rental cars 
12:15 pm Arrive at LBNL 
12:30 pm Lunch at LBNL 
1:30 pm Site Visit: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 
4:00 pm Return to hotel via rental cars / Depart for airports 
4:00 pm Meeting adjourns 
Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: Agendas from Committee Meetings and Site Visits." National Research Council. 2012. Interim Report—Status of the Study "An Assessment of the Prospects for Inertial Fusion Energy". Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13371.

Third Meeting

Albuquerque, New Mexico

  Tuesday, March 29, 2011

CLOSED SESSION

7:00 pm Inertial Confinement Fusion and
Inertial Fusion Energy Tutorial(committee only)
Steve Cowley &
Riccardo Betti
9:00 pm Adjourn for day

  Wednesday, March 30, 2011

CLOSED SESSION
7:30 am Breakfast available
8:00 am Welcome and opening remarks
• Plans and goals for the meeting
Ron Davidson &
Jerry Kulcinski, Co-Chairs
8:30 am Balance and composition discussion for new membersDavid Lang
8:45 am Break
OPEN SESSION
9:00 am Welcome and opening remarksRon Davidson &
Jerry Kulcinski, Co-Chairs
9:05 am The National Ignition CampaignJohn Lindl, LLNL
10:00 am Discussion
10:15 am Role of the National Ignition Facility Beyond the
National Ignition Campaign: NNSA Perspective
Chris Deeney, NNSA
10:45 am Discussion
11:00 am LIFE Delivery PlanMike Dunne et al, LLNL
12:00 pm Discussion
CLOSED SESSION
12:15 pm LunchCommittee only
OPEN SESSION
1:00 pm Fast Ignition for Inertial Fusion EnergyRichard Freeman,
Ohio State University
Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: Agendas from Committee Meetings and Site Visits." National Research Council. 2012. Interim Report—Status of the Study "An Assessment of the Prospects for Inertial Fusion Energy". Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13371.
1:45 pm Discussion 
2:00 pm Adjourn open session for the day 
CLOSED SESSION
2:15 pm Discussion with ICF Target Physics Panel ChairJohn Ahearne, Chair,
Target Physics Panel
(by telecon)
3:15 pm Committee discussion 
8:30 pm Adjourn for day 

  Thursday, March 31, 2011

CLOSED SESSION
7:30 am Breakfast 
OPEN SESSION
8:00 am Magnetized Target FusionGlen Wurden, LANL, &
Irv Lindemuth,
Univ. of Nevada at Reno
8:45 am Discussion 
9:00 am Chamber Materials Challenges for Inertial Fusion EnergySteve Zinkle, ORNL
10:00 am Discussion 
10:15 am Break 
10:30 am Lessons in Engineering InnovationElon Musk,
SpaceX, Tesla Motors,
Solar City
(by videoconference)
11:00 am Public Comment Session 
12:00 pm Adjourn open session and break for lunch 
CLOSED SESSION
12:00 pm Lunch Committee only 
1:00 pm Committee discussion 
8:30 pm Adjourn for the day 
Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: Agendas from Committee Meetings and Site Visits." National Research Council. 2012. Interim Report—Status of the Study "An Assessment of the Prospects for Inertial Fusion Energy". Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13371.

Site Visit to Sandia National Laboratories
Friday, April 1, 2011

7:20 - 8:00 amCommittee travel and badging
8:00 - 8:30 am

Remarks on Sandia and IFE

Steve Rottler,

Vice President Science and Technology and Research

Foundations, and Chief Technology Officer

8:30 - 10:00 amVarious presentations
10:00 - 10:15 amBreak
10:15 - 10:25 amWalk to the Z facility
10:25 - 10:55 amTour of the Z facility
11:00 - 11:45 amMykonos facility
12:00 pmDepart for hotel and meeting adjourns
Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: Agendas from Committee Meetings and Site Visits." National Research Council. 2012. Interim Report—Status of the Study "An Assessment of the Prospects for Inertial Fusion Energy". Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13371.

Fourth Meeting

Rochester, New York

  Wednesday, June 15, 2011

CLOSED SESSION
8:00 am Breakfast availableSeminar Room
8:30:00 am Welcome and opening remarksRon Davidson &
Jerry Kulcinski, Co-Chairs
8:45 am Break
OPEN SESSION
9:00 am Welcome and opening remarksRon Davidson &
Jerry Kulcinski, Co-Chairs
9:05 am Inertial Fusion Energy: Activities and Plans in the UK and EUJohn Collier, UK Science
and Technology Facilities
Council
10:15 am Discussion 
10:35 am Break
10:50 am Inertial Fusion Energy: Activities and Plans in JapanHiroshi Azechi, Institute of
Laser Engineering,
Osaka University
12:00 pm Discussion 
12:20 pm LunchSeminar Room
1:00 pm Integrated design of a laser fusion target chamber systemJohn Sethian,
Naval Research
Laboratory
2:00 pm Discussion 
2:20 pm Adjourn open session for the day
CLOSED SESSION
2:30 pm Discussion 
8:30 pm Adjourn for day 
Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: Agendas from Committee Meetings and Site Visits." National Research Council. 2012. Interim Report—Status of the Study "An Assessment of the Prospects for Inertial Fusion Energy". Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13371.

  Thursday, June 16, 2011

CLOSED SESSION
8:00 am BreakfastSeminar Room
OPEN SESSION
8:30 am Nuclear Power Plant FinancingPhilip M. Huyck,
Encite, LLC (formerly of
Credit Suisse First
Boston & Trust
Company of the West)
9:30 am Discussion 
9:45 am Inertial Fusion Energy: Activities and Plans in ChinaZhang Jie
President,
Shanghai Jiao Tong
University
11:00 am Discussion 
11:20 am Public Comment Session 
11:30 am General Discussion with All SpeakersCommittee & Speakers
12:00 pm Adjourn open session and break for lunch 
CLOSED SESSION
12:00 pm LunchSeminar Room
Committee only
1:00 pm Discussion with ICF Target Physics Panel ChairJohn Ahearne, Chair,
Target Physics Panel
2:00 pm Continued discussion 
8:30 pm Adjourn for the day 
Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: Agendas from Committee Meetings and Site Visits." National Research Council. 2012. Interim Report—Status of the Study "An Assessment of the Prospects for Inertial Fusion Energy". Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13371.

Site Visit to the Laboratory for Laser Energetics

  Friday, June 17, 2011

CLOSED SESSION
7:30 am Breakfast availableSeminar Room
8:00 am DiscussionAll
9:30 am Break & Gather at Seminar Room for site visit 
OPEN SESSION
9:45 am LLE overview(in Seminar Room)R.L. McCrory
10:15 am-12:00 pm 

Site tours and posters

  • Break Panel into three groups each with a primary tour guide. Tour guides:
    • R.L. McCrory
    • D.D. Meyerhofer
    • P. McKenty
  • Three Stations, each with two posters and facility presenter (~1/2 hour at each station)
    • OMEGA
      • S. Morse
      • Poster on Cryogenic target performance and Polar Drive–V Goncharov
      • Poster on Omega as a User Facility–J Soures
  • OMEGA EP
    • D. Canning
    • Poster on Fast/Shock Ignition–W. Theobald
    • Poster on new technologies for EP–J. Zuegel
  • OMAM
    • A. Rigatti
    • Poster on high damage threshold coatings–J. Oliver
    • Poster on diffractive optics–T. Kessler
 
Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: Agendas from Committee Meetings and Site Visits." National Research Council. 2012. Interim Report—Status of the Study "An Assessment of the Prospects for Inertial Fusion Energy". Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13371.
    
12:00 pm Tour ends at Seminar Room.
Adjourn site visit, adjourn meeting, and depart.
 
Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: Agendas from Committee Meetings and Site Visits." National Research Council. 2012. Interim Report—Status of the Study "An Assessment of the Prospects for Inertial Fusion Energy". Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13371.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: Agendas from Committee Meetings and Site Visits." National Research Council. 2012. Interim Report—Status of the Study "An Assessment of the Prospects for Inertial Fusion Energy". Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13371.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: Agendas from Committee Meetings and Site Visits." National Research Council. 2012. Interim Report—Status of the Study "An Assessment of the Prospects for Inertial Fusion Energy". Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13371.
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Next Chapter: Appendix E: Bibliography of Previous Inertial Confinement Fusion Studies Consulted by the Committee
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