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National Acadamies Inertial Fusion for Energy Panel Names Posted

November 18, 2010

The "provisional" list of individuals who will serve on a National Acadamies Panel to review "the prospects for inertial fusion energy systems" has been posted for a 20-day public comment period. The purpose of the posting is to give interested parties an opportunity to comment on the makeup of the panel prior to finalization of the panel membership. The list may be found at http://www8.nationalacademies.org/cp/CommitteeView.aspx?key=49265 Scroll to the end to leave a comment. The posting states "It is through this process that we determine whether the committee contains the requisite expertise to address its task and whether the points of views of individual members are adequately balanced such that the committee as a whole can address its charge objectively.

The proposed committee members are:

Ronald C. Davidson, co-chair
Gerald L. Kulcinski, co-chair
Charles Baker
Roger Bangerter
Riccardo Betti
Jan Beyea
Robert L. Byer
Franklin Chang-Diaz
Steven C. Cowley
David Hammer
Joseph S. Hezir
Kathryn McCarthy
Lawrence T. Papay
Ken Schultz
Andrew M. Sessler
John Sheffield
Thomas A. Tombrello, Jr.
Dennis G. Whyte
Jonathan S. Wurtele
Rosa Yang

Additional members may be proposed and posted later. Bios of all are on the posting.