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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Financial Assistance Award (GRANT)
AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Grant Solicitation Awards for Laser Fusion Research
Applications.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to 10 CFR 600.15, The U.S. DOE announces that it
plans to conduct a technically competitive solicitation for basic
research experiments in high energy density studies at the National
Laser's User's Facility (NLUF) located at the University of Rochester
Laboratory for Laser Energetics (UR/LLE). Grant Solicitation No. DE-
PS03-95SF20539. Universities or other higher education institutions,
private sector not-for-profit organizations, or other entities are
invited to submit grant applications. The total amount of funding
expected to be available for the Fiscal Year 1995 (FY95) program cycle
is $450,000. Multiple awards are anticipated.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Hank Jones, DOE Oakland Operations Office, 1301 Clay Street, Room 700N,
Oakland, CA 94612-5208, (510) 637-1868.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested parties can obtain a 3\1/2\''
computer floppy disk of the solicitation document by submitting a
written request; specify WordPerfect 5.0 for DOS or Microsoft Word 5.0
for Macintosh. The solicitation document contains all the information
relative to this action for prospective applicants. The solicitation is
targeted for release in October 1994. The actual work to be
accomplished will be determined by the experiments and diagnostic
techniques that are selected for award.
Proposed experiments and diagnostic techniques will be evaluated
through scientific peer review against predetermined, published and
available criteria. Final selection will be made by the DOE. It is
anticipated that multiple grants will be awarded within available
funding. The unique resources of the NLUF are available to scientists
for state-of-the-art experiments primarily in the area of inertial
fusion and related plasma physics. Other areas such as spectroscopy of
high ionized atoms, laboratory astrophysics, fundamental physics,
materials science, and biology and chemistry will be considered on a
secondary basis.
The LLE was established in 1970 to investigate the interaction of
high power lasers with matter. Available at the LLE for NLUF
researchers is the upgraded OMEGA LASER, A 30 Kj uv, 24-beam laser
system (at 0.35um) suitable for direct-drive ICC implosions, and the
Glass Development Laser (GDL), a 250 billion watt, single beam
prototype for the variety of experiments including laser-plasma
interactions and atomic spectroscopy. The NLUF program for FY95 is to
concentrate on experiments than can be done with the OMEGA laser at the
University of Rochester and development of diagnostic techniques
suitable for the upgraded OMEGA system. Measurements of the laser
coupling, laser-plasma interactions, core temperature, and core density
are needed to determine the characteristics of the target implosions.
Diagnostic techniques could include either new instrumentation,
development of analysis tools, or development of targets that are
applicable for 30 kJ direct-drive implosions. Additional technical
information about the facilities and potential collaboration at NLUF
can be obtained from: Dr. James Knauer, Manager, National Laser User's
Facility, University of Rochester/LLE, 250 East River Road, Rochester,
NY 14623.
Issued in Oakland, CA September 23, 1994.
Joan Macrusky,
Chief, Energy Research Branch.
[FR Doc. 94-25899 Filed 10-18-94; 8:45 am]
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