THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES, ENGINEERING, AND MEDICINE
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
Board on Physics and Astronomy
Committee on the Assessment of High Energy Density Science
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Congressional Briefings
Monday, February 13, 2023 – 2:00 p.m.
and
Tuesday, February 14, 2023 – 11:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.
via Zoom
on
Fundamental Research in High Energy Density Science
High energy density (HED) science has critical applications for society from fusion energy to sustaining the US nuclear deterrent, while also contributing to broader scientific questions such as understanding planets and their origins. The next decade of HED science will be instrumental to growing our understanding and in the development of new technologies and processes.
Requested by Congress in P.L. 116-92, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, this new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine identifies key challenges and science questions for the field for the coming decade and proposes ways to address them.
These briefings were for members of Congress and congressional staff only. The report was publicly released on February 23, 2023 and can be found, in its entirety, on the Web site of the National Academies Press.