SET II

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Relating to the

FEBRUARY 10, 1986, MEETING

REGARDING FY 1987 BUDGET REQUEST

for

SUPPORTING RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

before the

STAFF OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
AND APPLICATIONS

COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

DR. ALVIN W. TRIVELPIECE
AND DEPARTMENTAL PERSONNEL

Question 1: For FY 1984 - FY 1987, please indicate the percentages of actual and estimated Basic Energy Sciences (BES) funding going to (a) DOE laboratories, (b) university researchers and (c) to non-DOE laboratory, non-university entities, including industrial firms.

Answer: The following table presents the percentages requested. The figures for FY 1984 and 1985 are actual and the figures for FY 1986 and FY 1987 are estimates.

Question 2: For FY 1984 FY 1987, please provide, for BES-supported user facilities, the information requested in a c below. Please include all those facilities for which facility operating support is provided separately from support for research utilization by the sponsoring DOE subprogram, and those facilities for which the host laboratory submits a separate Field Task Proposal for facility support.

a. Actual and estimated budget profiles for operations, in-house research, out-of-house research, other operating expenses, Capital Equipment, General Plant Projects, In-House Energy Management, and any other specific construction project attributable to the facility. Please indicate the sources of these funds (i.e., Materials Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Nuclear Sciences, Applied Mathematical Sciences, other BES, Medium Energy Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ion Nuclear Physics, Low Energy Nuclear Physics, High Energy Physics, Biological and Environmental Research, Defense Programs, etc.).

C.

Actual and estimated utilization of the facility. What would be defined as the optimal level of utilization of the facility? If the facility will not be operated at its optimal level of utilization in FY 1987, what level of funding would be required to achieve this optimal level of utilization?

Answer:

A table has been prepared for each of the user facilities supported by the BES Program. The information by facility (Dollars in Thousands)

follows:

The optimum utilization of the HFBR is 72%. This factor is calculated as follows: (11 cycles x 24 days/cycle)/365 days=72%

Additional Funding to operate at optimum

utilization level in FY 1987

$1,500