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UNIVERSITY FUSION ASSOCIATION

http://depts.washington.edu/ufa


E-mail Newsletter
January 29, 2007
sent by S. Knowlton, UFA President

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Contents:

1.      Reminder for Fusion Day, Feb. 15, 2007

2.      Notice of OFES Plasma Theory solicitation

3.      Notice of NSTX 5-year Planning Workshop

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1.      Update on Fusion Day 2007

Mark Haynes has recently circulated further information on this 
year's Fusion Day (pasted below). He would be particularly grateful 
if you let him know, as soon you know, if you will be attending so 
that he can make appropriate arrangements. His contact info is:

mark.haynes@ga.com  (202) 496-8209

Hope to see quite a few of you there!


   (copy below)
Washington Fusion Day will be Thursday, February 15th this year. 
  Please let us know as soon as possible if you will be attending so 
we can begin planning things in more detail.

We will send out a final schedule as we get closer to February 15th, 
but here's the preliminary outline of the day:

8:00 a.m.               Breakfast at Tortilla Coast Restaurant on Capitol Hill

9:30 a.m.               Begin Congressional office visits

About Noon          Informal lunch gathering in Longworth Building Cafeteria

About 1:00 p.m.    Resume Congressional office visits

Please note that this year, we will not be having an evening 
reception.  Initial uncertainties about how such events are viewed 
and attended given the new ethics and gift rules have led us to err 
on the side of caution.  However, we will re-examine this again next 
year.  

SETTING UP VISITS:  It is probably not too soon to begin scheduling 
your Hill meetings with your Congressional delegation.  Listed below 
are the Members of the key energy / fusion related House and Senate 
Committees.  If any of your Members are on these Committees, please 
make it a point to meet with their offices.  Additionally, please do 
not set up meetings with the Committee staffs themselves - - they are 
extremely busy now and having numerous people from the fusion 
community call for meetings will likely not sit well with them.  

In any case, you should not wait much later than about two weeks 
ahead of time (around Feb. 2nd) to set up your meetings.  If you need 
help or advice in this regard, please feel free to call any of us. 
 Members' phone numbers and other relevant information on Congress 
can be found at      http://thomas.loc.gov/

CALIFORNIA MEETINGS: As in previous years, the California meetings 
will be scheduled by those of us in Washington and we will have a 
consolidated schedule for everyone when you arrive.  Rest assured 
that you will be plenty busy.  

HANDOUTS:  As usual, we will have a selection of general fusion 
material on hand, but you may want to prepare a brief  background 
piece on your particular research facility to leave with your 
Congressional offices.  If at all possible, this "leave behind" 
should be in layman's language and include some understandable 
pictures and/or graphics.  

Again, please let us know as soon as you can if you are coming.  Thank you! 
 

Chris Carter (Princeton U.) (202) 220-1365
Mark Haynes (General Atomics) (202) 496-8209
Christie Schomer (U of California) (202) 494-1905
Nick Moustakas    (Columbia U.)  (212) 854-1116
Claudine Swartz (U of California) (202) 974-6311
Mary Toler (Battelle)  (202) 646-7863
Jason Van Wey (MIT) (202) 789-18 _______________________________

KEY COMMITTEES MEMBERSHIPS


MEMBERS: HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS

Chair: Peter J. Visclosky (IN)
Chet Edwards (TX)
Ed Pastor (AZ)
Marion Berry (AR)
Chaka Fattah (PA)
Steve Israel (NY)
Tim Ryan (OH)
Jos=E9 E. Serrano (NY)
John W. Olver (MA)
Dave Obey (WI), Ex Officio

MINORITY

Ranking Member:
David L. Hobson (OH)
Zach Wamp (TN)
Jo Ann Emerson (MO)
John T. Doolittle (CA)
Michael K. Simpson (ID)
Kay Granger (TX)
Jerry Lewis (CA), Ex Officio

HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: FULL COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP

  David R. Obey, Wisconsin, Chair
John P. Murtha, Pennsylvania
Norman D. Dicks, Washington
Alan B. Mollohan, West Virginia
Marcy Kaptur, Ohio
Peter J. Visclosky, Indiana
Nita M. Lowey, New York
Jos=E9 E. Serrano, New York
Rosa L. DeLauro, Connecticut
James P. Moran, Virginia
John W. Olver, Massachusetts
Ed Pastor, Arizona
David E. Price, North Carolina
Chet Edwards, Texas
Robert E. "Bud" Cramer, Jr., Alabama
Patrick J. Kennedy, Rhode Island
Maurice D. Hinchey, New York
Lucille Roybal-Allard, California
Sam Farr, California
Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., Illinois
Carolyn C. Kilpatrick, Michigan
Allen Boyd, Florida
Chaka Fattah, Pennsylvania
Steven R. Rothman, New Jersey
Sanford Bishop, Georgia
Marion Berry, Arkansas
Barbara Lee, California
Tom Udall, New Mexico
Adam Schiff, California
Michael Honda, California
Betty McCollum, Minnesota
Steve Israel, New York
Tim Ryan, Ohio
C.A "Dutch" Ruppersberger, Maryland
Ben Chandler, Kentucky
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Florida
Ciro Rodriguez, Texas

Republicans

Jerry Lewis, California, Ranking Member
C.W. Bill Young, Florida
Ralph Regula, Ohio
Harold Rogers, Kentucky
Frank R. Wolf, Virginia
James T. Walsh, New York
David L. Hobson, Ohio
Joe Knollenberg, Michigan
Jack Kingston, Georgia
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, New Jersey
Roger F. Wicker, Mississippi
Todd Tiahrt, Kansas
Zach Wamp, Tennessee
Tom Latham, Iowa
Robert B.Aderholt, Alabama
Jo Ann Emerson, Missouri
Kay Granger, Texas
John E. Peterson, Pennsylvania
Virgil H. Goode, Jr., Virginia
John T. Doolittle, California
Ray LaHood, Illinois
Dave Weldon, Florida
Michael K. Simpson, Idaho
John Abney Culberson, Texas
Mark Steven Kirk, Illinois
Ander Crenshaw, Florida
Dennis R. Rehberg, Montana
John Carter, Texas
Rodney Alexander, Louisiana

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

  - DEMOCRATS -
BART GORDON (Tennessee), Chairman
Jerry F. Costello, Illinois
Eddie Bernice Johnson, Texas
Lynn C. Woolsey, California
Mark Udall, Colorado
David Wu, Oregon
Brian Baird, Washington
Brad Miller, North Carolina
Daniel Lipinski, Illinois
Nick Lampson, Texas
Gabrielle Giffords, Arizona
Jerry McNerney, California
Steven R. Rothman, New Jersey
Jim Matheson, Utah
Mike Ross, Arkansas
Ben Chandler, Kentucky
Russ Carnahan, Missouri
Charlie Melancon, Louisiana
Baron P. Hill, Indiana
Harry E. Mitchell, Arizona
Charles A. Wilson, Ohio
(Vacancy)
(Vacancy)
(Vacancy)

  - REPUBLICANS -

RALPH HALL (Texas), Ranking Republican Member
F. James Sensenbrenner Jr., Wisconsin
Lamar Smith, Texas
Dana Rohrabacher, California
Ken Calvert, California
Roscoe G. Bartlett, Maryland
Vernon J. Ehlers, Michigan
Frank D. Lucas, Oklahoma
Judy Biggert, Illinois
W. Todd Akin, Missouri
Jo Bonner, Alabama
Tom Feeney, Florida
Randy Neugebauer, Texas
Bob Inglis, South Carolina
Michael T. McCaul, Texas
Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida
Phil Gingrey, Georgia
Brian P. Bilbray, California
Adrian Smith, Nebraska
(Vacancy)

SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES

  - DEMOCRATS -
Chairman Jeff Bingaman (NM)
Daniel K. Akaka (HI)
Byron L. Dorgan (ND)
Ron Wyden (OR)
Tim Johnson (SD)
Mary L. Landrieu (LA)
Maria Cantwell (WA)
Ken Salazar (CO)
Robert Menendez (NJ)
Blanche Lincoln (AR)
Bernard Sanders (VT)
Jon Tester (MT)

  - REPUBLICANS -
Pete V. Domenici (NM)
Larry E. Craig (ID)
Craig Thomas (WY)
Lisa Murkowski (AK)
Richard Burr (NC)
Jim DeMint (SC)
Bob Corker (TN)
Jeff Sessions (AL)
Jim Bunning (KY)
Gordon Smith (OR)
Mel Martinez (FL)

SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

  - DEMOCRATS -
Robert Byrd, West Virginia, Chairman
Daniel Inouye, Hawaii
Patrick Leahy, Vermont
Tom Harkin, Iowa
Barbara Mikulski, Maryland
Herb Kohl, Wisconsin
Patty Murray, Washington
Byron Dorgan, North Dakota
Dianne Feinstein, California
Richard Durbin, Illinois
Tim Johnson, South Dakota
Mary Landrieu, Louisiana
Jack Reed, Rhode Island
Frank Lautenberg, New Jersey
Ben Nelson, Nebraska

  - REPUBLICANS -

Thad Cochran, Mississippi, Ranking Member
Ted Stevens, Alaska
Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania
Pete Domenici, New Mexico
Kit Bond, Missouri
Mitch McConnell, Kentucky
Richard Shelby, Alabama
Judd Gregg, New Hampshire
Robert Bennett, Utah
Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas
Sam Brownback, Kansas
Wayne Allard, Colorado
Larry Craig, Idaho



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2.  Fusion & Plasma Theory Solicitation

The following information was forwarded to me from DPP.  It should be 
of interest to a number of UFA members.

Theoretical Research in Plasma and Fusion Science

2007 Deadlines:
        Letter of intent:  Friday, February 23
        Formal application:  Wednesday, March 28

The Office of Fusion Energy Sciences (OFES) has published an
Announcement (DE-PS02-07ER07-07,
http://www.science.doe.gov/grants/FAPN07-07.html)
seeking grant applications for theoretical research in plasma and
fusion science.  Letters of Intent are required and are due Friday,
February 23, 2007.   Formal applications are due by 8:00 PM Eastern
Time on Wednesday March 28, 2007 and must be submitted using:
www.grants.gov

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3.      Mini-workshops for NSTX's next 5-year plan

The following information on a planning workshop for NSTX's next 
5-year plan was sent to me from M. Ono at PPPL, and may be of 
interest to members.  Contact information is included.



NSTX is starting to prepare its next Five Year Plan, covering the 
time period FY2009-2013. During the month of February 2007, topical 
group meetings will be held to discuss physics issues and 
experiments, theory and code development and application, and 
facility and diagnostic additions or upgrades for this period.  We 
invite your participation and solicit your input for presentations at 
these brainstorming meetings.  These ideas could be entirely new, or 
extensions of work from the present NSTX five year period. 
Mini-workshop schedule:
All sessions will be held at PPPL in room B-318, Lyman Spitzer Building
* Boundary Physics: Feb. 12, 9:00am - 5:00pm, RMaingi@pppl.gov.
* Waves and Energetic Particles: Feb. 13, 9:00am - noon, GTaylor@pppl.gov.
* MHD: Feb. 14, (time to be announced), SSabbagh@pppl.gov.
* Transport and Turbulence, Feb. 15, 1:00pm - 4:00pm, SKaye@pppl.gov.
* Integrated Scenarios: Feb. 20, 1:00pm - 5:00pm, JMenard@pppl.gov.
* Advanced Diagnostics: Feb. 27, 1:00pm - 4:00pm, BStratton@pppl.gov.
In addition, there will be a mini-workshop on "Fusion Energy Sciences 
Development using ST" during March-April with details to be 
announced, MPeng@pppl.gov.
Please send your ideas for a presentation or any questions to the 
respective meeting organizers.  Remote participation will be 
available for the meetings.  For more information, please visit our 
NSTX website:
http://nstx.pppl.gov/DragNDrop/Five%20Year%20Plan%20(FY09-13)/