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    Basic Research Needs Workshop on Inertial Fusion Energy

    June 21st - 23rd, 2022
    This workshop will be held virtually.

    Registration Deadline: June 21, 2022

    Click the following to access the IFE BRN Report. Final formatting and copy editing still in progress.

    About the Event

    Fusion, the process that powers the Sun, has the potential to provide a reliable, limitless, safe, and clean energy source. The development of fusion energy is a grand scientific and technical challenge that requires diverse approaches and paths to maximize the likelihood of success. Currently, the main approach pursued by the U.S. Fusion Energy Science program is Magnetic Fusion Energy (MFE). Another highly promising approach is known as Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE). The 2013 NASEM report entitled “An Assessment of the Prospects for Inertial Fusion Energy” concluded that “The appropriate time for the establishment of a national, coordinated, broad-based inertial fusion energy program within DOE would be when ignition is achieved”. In 2021, the National Ignition Facility achieved a record yield of more than 1.3 megajoules (MJ) from fusion reactions, placing fusion via the inertial confinement concept on the cusp of ignition (laser energy breakeven). This breakthrough result coupled with the recent Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee recommendation to establish an IFE program provides a motivation for a Basic Research Needs Workshop (BRN) sponsored by the DOE Office of Science to assess the status of IFE and outline science and technology priority research opportunities.

    CHAIR ◦ CO-CHAIR ◦ DOE FES LIASON

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    TM
    Tammy Ma
    Associate Program Leader, HEDLP
    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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    RB
    Riccardo Betti
    Professor
    University of Rochester
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    KA
    Kramer Akli
    Program Manager
    DOE Office of Science

    LOCAL ORGANIZERS

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    CC
    Chandra Breanne Curry
    LaserNetUS Coordinator
    SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
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    AF
    Alan Fry
    Project Director, MEC-Upgrade
    SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
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    MD
    Mike Dunne
    LCLS Director
    SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

    WORKSHOP ADMINISTRATORS

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    LC
    Leilani Conradson
    LCLS User Program Manager
    SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
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    BL
    Brittany Lemesh
    LCLS User Program Coordinator
    SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
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    JT
    Jessica Troxel
    LCLS User Support
    SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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