QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S GENERAL 1. For FY 1985 and FY 1986, please identify, by accelerator facility, that Answer: The following table provides the requested information: 2. * Includes costs associated with fixed target program, preoperations for collider physics, and R&D related to Fermilab facilities. ** Includes costs associated with the fixed target, SPEAR and PEP programs, preoperations for the SLC program, and R&D related to SLAC facilities. Please provide, by accelerator facility, utilization figures for FY 1985 and FY 1986. What is the optimal level of utilization for each accelerator facility, and what funding level would be required at each facility in FY 1986 to achieve this optimal level of utilization? Answer: The table on the following page provides the requested Information. The column labeled optimal program defines the optimal utilization which could be achieved in a year in which there were no interference with operations from construction activities. In FY 1986, the optimal utilization at Fermilab and SL AC is strongly limited by the final construction activities on the Tevatron I and SLC projects. The incremental funding which would be required for the optimal utilization at Fermilab in a normal operating year includes: $14.7 million for operation of the full complement of new beams and experiments during fixedtarget operations and for operation of the antiproton source and detectors during colliding beam operations; $2.5 million to support the higher level of activities in the existing fixed target research areas; $7.4 million for the additional power and cryogenic fluids required; and $1.5 million to support the higher physics research effort. Optimal utilization at SLAC in FY 1986 would be 30 weeks of linac, PEP, and SPEAR operations, at an average pulse rate of 22 percent. The limit of 30 weeks is set by the final SLC construction and installation activities. The incremental funding of $8.0 million which would be required for the optimal utilization at SLAC in FY 1986 includes: $1.1 million for accelerator operations, $2.2 million for accelerator maintenance, $1.4 million for replacement klystrons and thyratrons in the linac, $1.8 million for the additional electrical power used, and $1.5 million for experimental facilities support. In a normal operating year, with optimal utilization of the linac fixed target facility, PEP, SPEAR, and the SLC, there would be 44 weeks of beam operations at an average pulse rate of 38 percent, and a further incremental cost of $37.0 million in addition to the $8.0 million discussed above. In addition, laboratory and university physics research groups would require about $25.0 million more to fully exploit the beam time provided by optimal utilization of all of the accelerator and colliding beam facii i 1This program assumes SLC and Tevatron I are in operation. 2There will also be 3 to 4 weeks of operation for commissioning the Polarized Proton Beam. 3In addition, there will be 2 to 3 weeks of commissioning the Heavy Ion Beam (funded by Nuclear Physics). 4 In addition, there will be extensive Antiproton Source tests using the Linac, Booster, Debuncher, and Accumulator during much of the remainder of the year. 3. 5During FY 1986, the construction work required to complete Tevatron I will limit the weeks of running to the planned FY 1986 level. However, the reliability of accelerator operations and research productivity of the Fermilab program and thus utilization could be improved with the additional funding indicated. 6During FY 1986 only, the construction work and installation required to For FY 1985 and FY 1986, please provide, by DOE laboratory, the amount of Answer: The following table provides the estimated funding levels for DOE 4. 5. For FY 1985 and FY 1986, please provide the amount of High Energy Physics funding going to university researchers. Answer: In FY 1985, the estimate is $79.5 million and in FY 1986, $81.9 million. For FY 1985 and FY 1986, please provide, by entity, the amount of High Energy Physics funding going to non-DOE laboratory, non-university entities, Including industrial firms. Answer: The bulk of the high energy physics funding going to non-DOE laboratory, non-university entities is handled via subcontracts directly between these institutions and the national laboratories and, to a much lesser extent, with universities. Those entities falling into the described category and funded directly by DOE, exclusive of Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) contracts, are listed below. 6. For FY 1985 and FY 1986, please provide, by agency, the amount of High Energy Physics funding going to other agencies, such as the National Science Foundation. Answer: The following table provides the requested information: |