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Dr. Daniel Kleppner, professor of physics, department of physics and research laboratory of electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA..

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Research briefings 1984: Report of the research briefing panel on
selected opportunities in physics

Daniel Kleppner, "Research in Small Groups," Physics Today, March
1985, vol. 38, No. 3, pages 78-85....

Dr. Frederick Seitz, president emeritus, The Rockefeller University, New
York, NY..

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Panel 1 discussion

Questions and answers for the record:

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PANEL 2: MULTIPROGRAM LABORATORY DIRECTORS

Dr. Alan Schriesheim, director, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL .....
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Dr. David A. Shirley, director, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, CA...
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Dr. Herman Postma, director, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
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Nicholas Basta, "Ion-Beam Implantation," High Technology, Febru

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Dr. John P. Schiffer, Chairman, Department of Energy/National Science Foundation Nuclear Science Advisory Committee, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL......

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"Report of the NSAC Ad Hoc Subcommittee on a 4 GeV Electron
Accelerator for Nuclear Physics," DOE/NSF Nuclear Sciences Ad-
visory Committee, September 27, 1984.

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"Review of the 1983 Long Range Plan for Nuclear Science," DOE/ NSF Nuclear Sciences Advisory Committee, November 1984... Dr. Maury Tigner, director, Universities Research Association Superconducting Super Collider Central Design Group, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, CA....

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PANEL 4: HIGH ENERGY AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS LABORATORY DIRECTORS

Dr. Leon M. Lederman, director, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory,
Batavia, IL...

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Dr. Burton Richter, director, Stanford Linear Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford, CA..

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Dr. Nicholas P. Samios, Director, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton,
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Appendix 1: Statement for the record by the energy committee of the Nation-
al Association of State Universities & Land-Grant Colleges..
Appendix 2: Additional materials for the record:

"Materials Sciences Division Long Range Plan," U.S. Department of
Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Basic Energy Sciences,
Division of Materials Sciences, Washington, DC, December 1984, DOE/
ER-0212..

"Major Facilities for Materials Research and Related Disciplines," Major
Materials Facilities Committee, Commission on Physical Sciences,
Mathematics, and Resources, National Research Council, National
Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, 1984 ..
"Review of the National Research Council Report 'Major Facilities for
Materials Research and Related Disciplines,' prepared by the Materi-

als Ad Hoc Review Panel, a report of the Energy Research Advisory
Board to the U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC, June 1985,
DOE/S-0037.

"Cost Estimate for LEU Conversion and Standardization of University
Research and Test Reactor Fuels," Office of Energy Research, U.S.
Department of Energy, 1985..

"To the Heart of the Matter-The Superconducting Super Collider," Uni-
versities Research Association, March 1985.......
"Superconducting Super Collider Siting Parameters Document: A Techni-
cal Advisory on SSC Site Criteria and Catalog of Site Information
Needs," SSC Central Design Group, Universities Research Association,
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA,
June 15, 1985, SSC-15....

"Nuclear Physics Accelerator Facilities," U.S. Department of Energy,
Office of Energy Research, Division of Nuclear Physics, Washington,
DC, January 1985, DOE/ER-0216.

"DOE's Physics Accelerators: Their Costs and Benefits," report by the U.S. General Accounting Office, GAO/RCED-85–96, April 1, 1985.. Department of Energy fiscal year 1986 congressional budget request energy supply research and development, supporting research and technical analysis..

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Appendix 3: Basic energy sciences research accomplishments and project summaries:

"Office of Basic Energy Sciences 1984 Summary Report: A Summary of the Organization, Mission, and Activities of the Office of Basic Energy Sciences," U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Washington, DC, DOE/ER-0146/1, November 1984..

"Some Examples of Accomplishments Under the Basic Energy Sciences
Program During 1984," February 1, 1985..

"Materials Sciences Programs Fiscal Year 1984," U.S. Department of
Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Basic Energy Sciences,
Division of Materials Sciences, Washington, DC, September 1984, DOE/
ER-0143/2.....

"Summaries of Fiscal Year 1984 Research in the Chemical Sciences," U.S.
Department of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Basic
Energy Sciences, Division of Chemical Sciences, Washington, DC, Sep-
tember 1984, DOE/ER-0144/2.

"Summaries of the Fiscal Year 1984 and Fiscal Year 1985 Applied Mathe-
matical Sciences Research Program," U.S. Department of Energy,
Office of Energy Research, Scientific Computing Staff, Applied Mathe-
matical Sciences, Washington, DC, July 1985, DOE/ER-0240
"Summaries of Fiscal Year 1984 Engineering Research," U.S. Department
of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Basic Energy_Sciences,
Division of Engineering and Geosciences, Washington, DC, December
1984, DOE/ER-0158/2.

"Summaries of Physical Research in the Geosciences," U.S. Department
of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Basic Energy Sciences,
Division of Engineering, Mathematics & Geosciences, Washington, DC,
September 1984, DOE/ER-0145/2.
"Advanced Energy Projects Fiscal Year 1984 Research Summaries," U.S.
Department of Energy, Division of Advanced Energy Projects, Office of
Basic Energy Sciences, Washington, DC, October 1984, DOE/ER-0150/
2.
"Annual Report and Summaries of Fiscal Year 1984 Activities Supported
by the Division of Biological Energy Research," U.S. Department of
Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Basic Energy Sciences,
Division of Biological Energy Research, Washington, DC, October 1984,
DOE/ER-0147/2.....

Appendix 4: High energy physics research summaries:

"Summaries of Fiscal Year 1984 Research in High Energy Physics," U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of High Energy & Nuclear Physics, Division of High Energy Physics, Washington, DC, December 1984, DOE/ER-0210...

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1986 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

AUTHORIZATION

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1985

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY,

SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY Development anD APPLICATIONS,

Washington, DC.

The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:04 a.m., in room 2325, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Don Fuqua (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding.

Present: Representatives Brown, Walgren, Boucher, Mineta, Stallings, Bruce, Sensenbrenner, Packard, Fawell, Barton, Cobey, and Slaughter.

Also present: Representative Carney.

Staff present: Harlan L. Watson, Ezra Heitowit, Bill Harvey, William Gordon, and Tom Weimer.

Mr. FUQUA. The subcommittee will be in order.

We begin today the first in a series of hearings to be held by the Subcommittee on Energy Development and Applications concerning the fiscal year 1986 authorization request for the Department of Energy's programs in basic research, conservation and renewable energy, and fossil energy.

Today we begin our consideration of the basic research programs in the Department of Energy for which the administration has requested over $1.16 billion. These programs include basic energy sciences, university research support and instrumentation, multiprogram general purpose facilities, and high energy and nuclear physics; and they support long-range frontier research performed at our national laboratories and universities.

The fiscal year 1986 request for programs under this subcommittee's jurisdiction is some $46 million, or about 3.5 percent, below the current year's appropriated levels.

While the current budget deficit climate may warrant a slowdown in the growth of funding for basic research, we also want to make sure that important new science opportunities relevant to the Department of Energy's mission will be supported to the extent possible.

Today, our leadoff witness will be Dr. Alvin Trivelpiece, Director of DOE's Office of Energy Research, to discuss the Department's fiscal year 1986 request. He will be accompanied by Dr. Don Stevens and also Dr. Jim Leiss.

Following the DOE witnesses we will hear from a number of distinguished academic and laboratory scientists on new research op

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portunities, as well as the status of nuclear physics research and the Superconducting Super Collider. We will also have two panels of laboratory directors who will give us their assessment of the impacts of the fiscal year 1986 budget request on their respective institutions.

Before we start, I want to apologize for any inconvenience caused those witnesses who had originally been scheduled to appear yesterday. I appreciate your juggling your schedules so you can be here today. We also have business on the House floor starting at 11 a.m., so I'm sure we'll have other interruptions during the process of the hearing.

Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for this opportunity to extend a welcome to Dr. Trivelpiece, the Director of DOE's Office of Energy Research, and to our distinguished panelists. I look forward to Dr. Trivelpiece's testimony on the research programs conducted by his office. These programs include high energy and nuclear physics, basic energy science, university support, and related activities. They support long-range basic research that provides the fundamental scientific and engineering base on which this country's future energy options will depend.

Furthermore, our Nation's lead in science and technology, which are at the core of our economic competitiveness, and the training of future scientists are served by a continuing aggressive program of basic research. The administration has proposed a small reduction for these programs in fiscal year 1986 by more or less freezing operating expenses, except for inflationary adjustments, and putting a hold on new construction projects. I believe the deficit problem confronting Congress warrants such a freeze of these DOE activities. However, I look forward to the testimony of our lab directors and scientists and their views on how this slowdown in R&D will impact the Federal labs and progress in the science community. I thank you.

Mr. FUQUA. Thank you very much.

Dr. Trivelpiece, we'd be pleased to hear from you at this time. [The biographical sketch of Dr. Trivelpiece follows:]

Dr. Alvin W. Trivelpiece was nominated by the President on July 8, 1981, and confirmed by the Senate on July 27, 1981, as Director of the Office of Energy Research, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). In this position, Dr. Trivelpiece serves as technical adviser to the Secretary on the Department's energy research and development programs and is responsible for the multipurpose laboratories and energy education and training activities. In addition, he manages DOE's programs for basic energy research, health and environmental research, high energy and nuclear physics, and magnetic fusion.

Dr. Trivelpiece has extensive experience in the areas of plasma physics and fusion research. From 1978 until assuming his current position, Dr. Trivelpiece was Corporate Vice President of Science Applications, Inc., of La Jolla, California, primarily responsible for internal research programs relative to innovative technical developments. From 1976 to 1978, he was Vice President for Engineering and Research at Maxwell Laboratories, San Diego, California.

During the period 1973 to 1975, Dr. Trivelpiece served with the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission as Assistant Director for Research in the Division of Controlled Thermonuclear Research. Prior to joining the Federal Government, he was Professor of Physics at the University of Maryland, serving in that capacity from 1966 to 1976. From 1959 to 1966, he was a professor at the University of California at Berkeley in the Department of Electrical Engineering.

He received a B.S. degree from California Polytechnic State University in 1953, an M.S. degree in 1955, and a Ph.D. degree in 1958. Both advanced degrees were awarded by the California Institute of Technology.

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