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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.
Johann Lingertat, Heinz Grote, Peter Pech
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 19 | Number 4 | July 1991 | Pages 2098-2100
Technical Paper | Carbon Material Special | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A29345
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The PSI-1 facility for studying plasma/wall inter-action is described. It uses a direct current arc as a plasma generator together with a hollow anode. The plasma expands through the anode into the target chamber and is confined by an axial magnetic field. The design values for the plasma parameters near the target are ne ≤ 1020 m−3, Te<50 eV, Γ ≤ 6 × 1023 m−2·s−1 and q ≤ 3.5 MW/m2.