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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

 
Office of Science; Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (Public Law 92-463, 86 Stat. 770), notice is given of a meeting of 
the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee.

DATES: Wednesday, January 13, 1999, 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Thursday, 
January 14, 1999, 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and Friday, January 15, 1999, 
8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon.

ADDRESSES: Crowne Plaza Pleasanton, 11950 Dublin Canyon Road, 
Pleasanton, California 94588.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Albert L. Opdenaker, III, Executive 
Assistant, Office of Fusion Energy Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy, 
Germantown, MD 20874, Telephone: 301-903-4941.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Meeting

    The major purposes of this meeting are to review the Panel report 
on the opportunities and requirements of a fusion energy sciences 
program, including the technical requirements of a fusion energy 
program; to discuss how to proceed with a program review; to review 
recommendations for maximizing effectiveness of international 
collaborations; to discuss the possibility of the U.S. hosting the 2004 
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) meeting; to hear 
presentations on the fusion programs at Lawrence Berkeley National 
Laboratory (LBNL) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL); 
and to visit the facilities at LLNL.

Tentative Agenda

Wednesday, January 13, 1999

1:00 p.m.  Opening Remarks
1:10 p.m.  Discuss
    Panel Report
    Program Review
    International Collaborations
    2004 IAEA Meeting
    LLNL and LBNL Programs
5:30 p.m.  Public Comments
6:00 p.m.  Adjourn

Thursday, January 14, 1999

8:30 a.m.  Visit LLNL
1:30 p.m.  Continue Discussions
6:00 p.m.  Adjourn

Friday, January 15, 1999

8:30 a.m.  Continue Discussions
12:00 noon  Adjourn

Public Participation

    The meeting is open to the public. Written statements may be filed 
with the Committee either before or after the meeting. Members of the 
public who wish to make oral statements pertaining to agenda items 
should contact Albert L. Opdenaker at 301-903-8584 (fax) or 
albert.opdenaker@science.doe.gov (e-mail). Requests to make oral 
statements must be received 5 days prior to the meeting; reasonable 
provision will be made to include the statement in the agenda. The 
Chairperson of the Committee is empowered to conduct the meeting in a 
fashion that will facilitate the orderly conduct of business.

Minutes

    The minutes of this meeting will be available for public review and 
copying within 30 days at the Freedom of Information Public Reading 
Room, I-190, Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, S.W., 
Washington, D.C., between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays.

    Issued at Washington, D.C. on December 22, 1998.
Rachel M. Samuel,
Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-34320 Filed 12-24-98; 8:45 am]
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