Total Operating Expenses.... Construction..... Basic Energy Sciences.... 31,120 42,430 26,238 $340,057 $380,055 $+39,998 26,238 67,475 31,775 + 5,537 29,540 -37,935 $410,800/b/c/$433,770c/d/e/$433,770/d/$441,370/$+ 7,600 a/ Total does not include $3,350,000 transferred to SBIR program. b/ FY 1985 total reflects a reduction of $2,940,000 for ADP general reduction. C/Totals reflect a reduction of $11,655,000 in FY 1985, $10,110,000 in FY 1986, and $11,000,000 in FY 1987 for management initiative savings. d/ Total reduced by $17,041,000 in accordance with P.L. 99-177, the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm/Rudman/Hollings). e/ A deferral of $38,489,000 is being proposed. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY FY 1987 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET REQUEST 1986 Appropriation enacted.. SUMMARY OF CHANGES 1986 Gramm-Rudman reduction.. 1986 adjusted.... Program increases and decreases: - Maintains the key elements of the research efforts underway. New research must come at the expense of ongoing programs.... $450,811 17,041 433,770 +25,994 Essential facility support continued (i.e., safeguards and security, electric power, inventories, etc.); facility demand will continue to exceed capability + 8,504 Research and development funding provided in support of the next + 5,500 Permits principal capital equipment commitments for normal + 5,537 Provides construction funding for ongoing projects nearing completion and for architect engineering and long-lead procurement -37,935 1987 budget request... $441,370 Overview For FY 1987, the request for the Basic Energy Sciences (BES) program is $441,370,000: $380,055,000 in operating funds, $31,775,000 in equipment funds, and $29,540,000 in construction funds. Thus Support for long range basic research is an important responsibility of the Federal Government. The extent of private sector activity in this domain has been limited mainly to a few large corporations with sufficient breadth and ability to support the facilities and infrastructure peculiar to basic research. The private sector activity, however, has been declining while industry is, at the same time, turning more and more to Federal laboratories and universities as sources of new ideas. the BES program, a primary source of Federal funding for basic research, is finding a new and dynamic role in the conduct of R&D in the U.S. today. This role includes continuing the design and construction of expensive, unique major research facilities and support of their operations. National security, U.S. leadership in science and technology, and training technical manpower all are effectively served by a continuing vigorous basic research activity. New technologies and improvements in existing technologies result from the innovative application of new scientific knowledge and concepts. It is crucial for the U.S. to maintain its scientific base; this requires continued funding of basic research serving the different energy supply and conservation options as well as U.S. science in general. It has become increasingly important for the U.S. to disseminate research results to the private sector and to participate in the effective exploitation of these results to benefit the U.S. economy. In FY 1984, for example, a major new materials initiative was started that not only attempts to deal with advanced materials research, but also with more effective communications and interactions with U.S. industry and training new researchers. Basic Energy Sciences has a heavy involvement in large scientific facilities (e.g., the High Flux Beam Reactor and National Synchrotron Light Source at Brookhaven National Laboratory, the Combustion Research Facility at Sandia-Livermore, the High Flux Isotope Reactor and the Oak Ridge Electron Linear Accelerator at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and high voltage and atomic resolution microscopes at several sites). Many areas of modern science require large and costly facilities; without them, the necessary advanced research could not be done. The large, expensive, unique facilities in the BES program are made available to the entire U.S. scientific community to the extent that funds permit. BES also is providing advanced state-ofthe-art computational support for several Energy Research programs other than Magnetic Fusion Energy (which is directly supported by the National Magnetic Fusion Energy Computer Center (NMFECC)): High Energy and Nuclear Physics, and Biological and Environmental Research. Computational support, provided through the Applied Mathematical Sciences subprogram relies on an enhanced class VI computer system installed during FY 1985 at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; it is accessible through a nationwide data communications network funded jointly with Magnetic Fusion Energy. The BES research program includes over 1200 projects; more than half of them are funded at the national laboratories. The remainder is carried out at universities and business and government laboratories. The research supported is selected on the bases of scientific merit, potential for increasing our technological base, and relevance to ultimately meeting the nation's diverse needs for energy. To carry out this program, BES plans, supports and administers energy related research in the |