Search for the Ultimate Energy Source by Stephen O. Dean

Author:Stephen O. Dean
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer New York, New York, NY

The 1995 PCAST Fusion Review

The FY 1995 appropriation bill asked the Executive Branch to carry out a review of the fusion program by the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). The review began in March 1995. Professor John P. Holdren (University of California, Berkeley), a PCAST member, chaired the review. Holdren had previously made several important contributions to the fusion program, including a study he led on the environmental, safety, and economic aspects of fusion [79]. In setting up the study, Presidential Science Advisor Jack Gibbons said, “In the twenty-first century, increasing attention must be devoted to developing energy sources that can supply large quantities of electricity in an environmentally sustainable manner. It is within this context that the role of fusion and other energy supply technologies should be evaluated.”

The panel was charged “to conduct a review that identifies the technical and policy tradeoffs and budgetary requirements for at least four different options for structuring the magnetic fusion program.” The charge said, “The committee should proceed from the assumption that eliminating the fusion program is not an option under consideration.”

The four options provided to the committee were as follows: Build TPX and join the next phase of ITER.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.