FISCAL YEAR 1990
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
AUTHORIZATION
(Basic Energy Science and General Science and Research)

HEARING

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON

ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

ONE HUNDRED FIRST CONGRESS

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402

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Vol.4

1989a

COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY

ROBERT A. ROE, New Jersey, Chairman

GEORGE E. BROWN, JR., California
JAMES H. SCHEUER, New York
MARILYN LLOYD, Tennessee
DOUG WALGREN, Pennsylvania
DAN GLICKMAN, Kansas
HAROLD L. VOLKMER, Missouri
HOWARD WOLPE, Michigan
BILL NELSON, Florida
RALPH M. HALL, Texas
DAVE MCCURDY, Oklahoma
NORMAN Y. MINETA, California
TIM VALENTINE, North Carolina
ROBERT G. TORRICELLI, New Jersey
RICK BOUCHER, Virginia
TERRY L. BRUCE, Illinois
RICHARD H. STALLINGS, Idaho
JAMES A. TRAFICANT, JR., Ohio
LEE H. HAMILTON, Indiana
HENRY J. NOWAK, New York
CARL C. PERKINS, Kentucky
TOM MCMILLEN, Maryland
DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina
DAVID R. NAGLE, Iowa
JIMMY HAYES, Louisiana
DAVID E. SKAGGS, Colorado
JERRY F. COSTELLO, Illinois
HARRY JOHNSTON, Florida
JOHN TANNER, Tennessee
GLEN BROWDER, Alabama

ROBERT S. WALKER, Pennsylvania*
F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, JR.,
Wisconsin

CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER, Rhode Island
SHERWOOD L. BOEHLERT, New York
TOM LEWIS, Florida

DON RITTER, Pennsylvania

SID MORRISON, Washington

RON PACKARD, California

ROBERT C. SMITH, New Hampshire
PAUL B. HENRY, Michigan
HARRIS W. FAWELL, Illinois

D. FRENCH SLAUGHTER, JR., Virginia
LAMAR SMITH, Texas

JACK BUECHNER, Missouri
CONSTANCE A. MORELLA, Maryland
CHRISTOPHER SHAYS, Connecticut
DANA ROHRABACHER, California
STEVEN H. SCHIFF, New Mexico
TOM CAMPBELL, California

CONTENTS

WITNESSES

February 23, 1989:

Opening statement of Hon. Marilyn Lloyd, Chairman, Subcommittee on

Energy Research and Development.....

Page

1

Opening statement of Hon. Sid Morrison, Ranking Republican Member,

Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development...

2

Hon. Joe Barton, Representative in Congress of the United States from

the Sixth District of Texas..........

4

Hon. Jim Chapman, Representative in Congress of the United States

from the First District of Texas...

Dr. Robert O. Hunter, Jr., Director, Office of Energy Research, U.S.

Department of Energy, Washington, DC.

Prepared statement.

Discussion...

PANEL 1

Dr. Burton Richter, Director, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC),

Stanford, California.......

Prepared statement.

Dr. Leon M. Lederman, Director, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory,

Batavia, Illinois......

Prepared statement.

Dr. Roy F. Schwitters, Director, Superconducting Super Collider Labora-

tory, Washington, DC

Prepared statement...

Prof. John Dirk Walecka, Scientific Director, Continuous Electron Beam

Accelerator Facility (CEBAF), Southeastern Universities Research As-

sociation, Newport News, Virginia

Dr. William R. Wiley, Director, Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories,

Battelle Boulevard, Richland, Washington

169

Prepared statement...

171

Dr. Alvin W. Trivelpiece, Director, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak

Ridge, Tennessee....

183

Prepared statement.

185

Dr. Alan Schriesheim, Director, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne,

Illinois......

Dr. Nicholas P. Samios, Director, Brookhaven National Laboratory,

Upton, New York

216

Prepared statement..

219

Dr. Fred A. Morse, Associate Director for Research, Los Alamos National

Laboratory, accompanied by Dr. Gerald T. Garvey, Director, Clinton P.

Anderson Meson Physics Facility, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los

Alamos, New Mexico

238

Prepared statement...

239

(III)