[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 105 (Thursday, June 1, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 28598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-13302]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Inertial Confinement Fusion Advisory Committee/Defense Programs;
Notice of Partially Closed Meeting
Pursuant to the provision of the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(Public Law 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) notice is hereby given of the
following meeting:
Name: Inertial Confinement Fusion Advisory Committee/Defense
Programs.
Date and time: Agenda is subject to revision.
Tuesday, June 6, 1995, 7:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m.--Open.
Tuesday, June 6, 1995, 10:45 a.m.-12:40 p.m.--Closed.
Tuesday, June 6, 1995, 1:50 p.m.-5:50 p.m.--Closed.
Wednesday, June 7, 1995, 7:30 a.m.-9:20 a.m.--Closed.
Wednesday, June 7, 1995, 9:20 a.m.-3:40 p.m.--Open.
Wednesday, June 7, 1995, 3:40 p.m.-6:40 p.m.--Closed.
Thursday, June 8, 1995, 7:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.--Closed.
Thursday, June 8, 1995, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.--Open.
Place: Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico;
Technical Area IV; Convening In Building 962; Room 1402.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marshall M. Sluyter, Designated
Federal Officer Office of Research and Inertial Fusion (DP-11), Defense
Programs, U.S. Department of Energy, 19901 Germantown Road, Germantown,
MD 20874, Telephone: (301) 903-3345.
Persons wishing to attend the open portions of the meeting must
submit their names to Stephanie Torres at the Sandia National
Laboratories, (505) 845-3656, on or before June 2, 1995, to obtain a
visitor pass and/or escort to the meeting room(s).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose of the Committee: To provide advice and guidance to the
Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs on both technical and
management aspects of the Inertial Confinement Fusion program.
Purpose of the Meeting: To assess the technical applicability and
readiness of the Inertial Confinement Fusion program to support the
Defense Programs Stockpile Stewardship Program Strategy and the
National Security Strategic Plan. Also, to identify and evaluate the
significance and the relative importance of each of the ICF program
elements to the overall Inertial Confinement Fusion program, to the
National Security Strategic Plan, and to the Stockpile Stewardship
Program. To evaluate the progress of the light-ion ICF program with
respect to its technical contract and its capability to support the
Nation's Science-Based Stockpile Stewardship Program; to evaluate the
progress of the target physics program with respect to the Nova
technical contract; to be informed about the recently revised ICF Five
Year Program Plan; and to comment on the technical merit and
feasibility of a proposed hydrogen fluoride laser driver program.
Tentative Agenda: Subject to revision
June 6, 1995
8:00 a.m. Opening.
8:15 a.m. SNL Welcoming Remarks.
8:30 a.m. Summary of Recent Events; Stockpile Stewardship; ICF Program
Mission, Priorities, & Objectives.
9:10 a.m. Omega Upgrade Status.
9:25 a.m. Nike Status.
9:40 a.m. Remarks from NIF Program Office.
9:55 a.m. ICF Program Wrap-Up and Review of ICF 5-Year Program Plan.
10:45 a.m. Closed Meeting (10:45am-5:50pm).
June 7, 1995
8:00 a.m. Closed Meeting (8:00am-9:20am).
9:20 a.m. Light Ion ICF Program (Open Meeting 9:20am-3:40pm).
3:40 p.m. Closed Meeting (3:40pm-6:40pm).
June 8, 1995
8:00 a.m. Closed Meeting.
10:45 a.m. Opportunity for Public Comment.
11:45 a.m. Committee Discussions and Wrap-up.
12:30 p.m. Adjournment.
Open to the Public: On June 6, 1995, from 7:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.,
on June 7, 1995, from 9:20 a.m. until 3:40 p.m., and on June 8, 1995
from 10:30 a.m. until adjournment, the meeting is open to the public.
The Chairman of the Committee is empowered to guide the meeting in a
manner that will, in the Chairman's judgment, facilitate the orderly
conduct of business. This notice is being published less than 15 days
prior to the date of the meeting due to issues that needed to be
resolved.
Any member of the public who wishes to make an oral statement
pertaining to agenda items should contact the Designated Federal
Officer at the address or telephone number shown above. Requests must
be received before 3:00 p.m. (eastern daylight time) Friday, June 2,
1995. Reasonable provisions will be made to include the presentation
during the public comment period. Oral presenters are asked to provide
25 copies of their statements at the time of their presentations.
Written statements pertaining to agenda items may also be submitted
prior to the meeting. Written statements must be received by the
Designated Federal Officer at the address shown above before 3:00 p.m.
(eastern daylight time) Friday, June 2, 1995, to assure they are
considered by the committee during the meeting.
Closed Meeting: Pursuant to section 7234(b), title 42, United
States Code, and section 776(b), title 15, United States Code, the
portions of the meeting from 10:45 a.m. until 12:40 p.m. and from 1:50
p.m. until 5:50 p.m. on June 6, 1995; from 8:00 a.m. until 9:20 a.m.
and from 3:40 p.m. until 6:40 p.m. on June 7, 1995; and from 8:00 a.m.
until 10:30 a.m. June 8, 1995, will be closed to the public in the
interest of national security.
Minutes: Minutes of the open portions of the meeting will be
available for public viewing and copying approximately 30 days
following the meeting at the Freedom of Information Public Reading
Room, Room 1E-190, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue,
SW, Washington, D.C., 20585, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Issued at Washington, D.C. on May 25, 1995.
Rachel Murphy Samuel,
Acting Deputy Advisory Committee, Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 95-13302 Filed 5-31-95; 8:45 am]
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