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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.
J. Phillip Sharpe, Philippe Chappuis, David A. Petti
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 39 | Number 2 | March 2001 | Pages 1061-1065
Safety and Environment | doi.org/10.13182/FST01-A11963384
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Tokamak dust, the particulate matter generated during operation of a tokamak fusion device, was collected from Tore Supra in December 1999, during the initial phase of the scheduled shutdown for installation of advanced plasma facing components. Surface mass densities of material collected from locations with measured surface area are 1100 mg/m2 at the vessel bottom and 15 mg/m2 on average for all other locations. The specific surface area of dust collected from several locations is nearly uniform with an average value of 1.32 g/m2. Geometric mean diameters of samples from different locations have an average value of 3.0 μm, although geometric standard deviations vary from 1.93 to 4.03. The dust is composed of various quantities of carbon, iron, nickel, silicon, and chromium, among other trace elements.
