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Judge temporarily blocks DOE’s move to slash university research funding
A group of universities led by the American Association of Universities (AAU) acted swiftly to oppose a policy action by the Department of Energy that would cut the funds it pays to universities for the indirect costs of research under DOE grants. The group filed suit Monday, April 14, challenging a what it termed a “flagrantly unlawful action” that could “devastate scientific research at America’s universities.”
By Wednesday, the U.S. District Court judge hearing the case issued a temporary restraining order effective nationwide, preventing the DOE from implementing the policy or terminating any existing grants.
Guillermo J. Cruz, Maria Guadalupe Olayo, Angel Flores, Samuel R. Barocio, Régulo López, Esteban Chávez, Leandro Meléndez
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 39 | Number 1 | January 2001 | Pages 27-32
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST01-A148
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The evaluation of the electron temperature, density, and plasma potential in a glow cleaning discharge hydrogen plasma in the Novillo tokamak is presented. The objective was to investigate the plasma conditions allowing the removal of impurities from the vacuum vessel, thus avoiding the formation of other chemical compounds that could remain adhered to its inner walls. The discharges were accomplished through two anodes and one cathode within the 0.07 to 0.2-mbar-pressure interval at a power density in the range of 100 to 900 W/m2. The plasma parameters were obtained using Langmuir probes. The results indicated that the electron temperature lay between 3 and 10 eV, the electron density was approximately 108 to 109 cm-3, and the plasma potential was in the 10- to 18-V range. The electron energy was in the range of the dissociation energy for most impurities found in the Novillo tokamak.