1. NRC Study on Prospects for Inertial Confinement Fusion Energy Systems Presentation at Fusion Power Associates Annual Meeting December 1, 2010 David Lang, Study Director

2. Origin of the Study  DOE Science, NNSA, & NE  Want guidance on long-term roadmap for an IFE system  Interim report to inform near-term direction  DOE supporting the study 12/01/20102D. Lang

3. Structure 12/01/2010D. Lang3  Main Committee  Writes interim and final reports  21 experts from many fields  Provides parameters to ICF Target Physics Panel  ICF Target Physics Panel  6 experts in target physics, chair will report to Committee  Access to classified information  Reports to Committee via regular internal progress reports and other means

4. Statement of Task (1)  The [main] committee will prepare a report that will:  Assess the prospects for generating power using inertial confinement fusion;  Identify scientific and engineering challenges, cost targets, and R&D objectives associated with developing an IFE demonstration plant; and  Advise the U.S. Department of Energy on its development of an R&D roadmap aimed at creating a conceptual design for an inertial fusion energy demonstration plant.  The Committee will also prepare an interim report. 12/01/20104D. Lang

5. Statement of Task (2) 12/01/2010D. Lang5  ICF Target Physics Panel  Access to classified information  Will inform the main Committee on target physics issues  “Assess the current performance of various fusion target technologies. Describe the R&D challenges to providing suitable targets on the basis of parameters established and provided by the Committee.”

6. Committee membership:  Charles Baker, UCSD, ret.  Roger Bangerter, LBNL, ret.  Riccardo Betti, U. Rochester  Jan Beyea, CiPI  Robert Byer, Stanford  Franklin Chang-Diaz, Ad Astra Rocket Co.  Steven Cowley, UK AEA  *Ronald Davidson, Princeton  David Hammer, Cornell  Joseph Hezir, EOP Group  *Gerald Kulcinski, U. Wisconsin  Kathryn McCarthy, INL  Lawrence Papay, PQR LLC  Kenneth Schultz, General Atomics  Andrew Sessler, LBNL  John Sheffield, U. Tennessee  Thomas Tombrello, Caltech  Dennis Whyte, MIT  Jonathan Wurtele, UC Berkeley  Rosa Yang, EPRI  Adrian Zaccaria, Bechtel 12/01/2010D. Lang6 * Co-Chair

7. Panel membership 12/01/2010D. Lang7  We envision expertise in these fields to be present:  target physics  plasma physics  ICF physics  materials science & chemical engineering  computational physics  analytical codes

8. Notional Schedule  2010 Dec 16-17 in Washington, DC: 1 st cmte meeting  2011 Panel and further cmte meetings Summer: interim report issued  2012 Spring/Summer: prepub version of report released 12/01/2010D. Lang8

9. Thank you 12/01/2010D. Lang9 http://sites.nationalacademies.org/BPA/BPA_058425