[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 117 (Monday, June 19, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32000-32001]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-14914]
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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 and laser matter
interaction studies at the National Laser Users' Facility (NLUF)
located at the University of Rochester Laboratory for Laser Energetics
(UR/LLE). Grant Solicitation No. DE-PS03-96SF20761. 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 1996 (FY96) program cycle is $700,000. Multiple awards
are anticipated.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James H. Solomon, Contracting Officer,
DOE Oakland Operations Office, 1301 Clay Street, Room 700N, Oakland, CA
94612-5208, (510) 637-1865.
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 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 June 1995.
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 grant 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 interial
confinement fusion (ICF) and related plasma physics. Other areas such
as spectroscopy of highly 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 60 beam laser
system (at 0.35 um) suitable for direct-drive ICF implosions, and the
Glass Development Laser (GDL), a 1 trillion watt, single beam prototype
for the OMEGA (at 0.35um). The systems are suitable for a variety of
experiments including laser-plasma interactions and atomic
spectroscopy. The NLUF program for FY96 is to concentrate on
experiments that can be done with the OMEGA laser at the University of
Rochester and development of diagnostic techniques suitable for the
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
implosions. [[Page 32001]] Additional information about the facilities
and potential collaboration at the 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 May 23, 1995.
Joan Macrusky,
Chief, Financial Assistance Branch, Program Acquisition and Assistance
Division.
[FR Doc. 95-14914 Filed 6-16-95; 8:45 am]
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