Fusion Program Notes - 2018

FPN	Date	Title
18-55	December 20	First Experiments from Joint US-EUROfusion Project
18-55	December 19	EU Outlines Path to Fusion Power
18-54	December 18	Update on US Fusion Planning Activity
18-53	December 13	National Academies Urges U.S. Move Towards Fusion Power
18-52	December 2	Plasma 2020 Decadal Assessment: Call for White Papers
18-51	November 16	DPP Starts Fusion Long Range Planning Process
18-50	November 12	John Nuckolls Receives Foster Medal at LLNL
18-49	November 6	U.S. to Launch Major Fusion Planning Effort
18-48	November 5	Energy Cast Podcast with TAE CEO Michl Binderbauer Posted
18-47	October 28	FPA President Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
18-46	October 24	FPA Special Awards to Steve Eckstrand and Mark Foster
18-45	October 20	Keith Matzen Named Sandia Laboratories Fellow
18-44	October 15	Fusion Research Leads to 2018 Nobel Prize
18-43	October 11	News from MIT
18-42	October 6	Mohamed Abdou Receives Chinese Award
18-41	September 25	Fusion Veteran Carlos Alejaldre Named CIEMAT Director General
18-40	September 23	Congress Passes DOE Policy Act
18-39	September 20	ITER Organization Releases Provisional Research Plan
18-38	September 17	Congress Passes FY 2019 Fusion Budget
18-37	September 6	FPA 2018 Excellence in Fusion Engineering Awards Announced
18-36	September 5	Veteran Princeton Fusion Scientist Joel Hosea Passes, Age 79
18-35	September 3	FPA 2018 Distinguished Career and Leadership Awards Announced
18-34	August 21	Compact Tori Workshop November 2-4
18-33	August 14	Energy Secretary Perry Visits Private Sector Fusion Effort at TAE
18-32	August 13	U.S. Energy Secretary Visits Three Major Fusion Sites
18-31	August 2	Fusion Scientists Receive Awards
18-30	June 29	China's High Intensity Neutron Source
18-29	June 27	Tihiro Ohkawa Memorial Website Established
18-28	June 13	Fusion Scientist Knighted by Queen
18-27	May 25	Senate Appropriations Approves FY 2019 DOE Funding Bill
18-26	May 22	President to Nominate DOE Office of Science Director
18-25	May 20	Canada Signs Agreement with ITER Organization
18-24	May 17	House Appropriations Shows Strong Support for Fusion
18-23	May 16	Steve Cowley to Become New PPPL Director July 1
18-22	May 16	Japan Delivers ITER Superconductor to General Atomics
18-21	May 15	World Scientists Look at Fusion Power Plant Plans
18-20	May 14	FPA 39th Annual Meeting and Symposium Set Dec 4-5 in DC
18-19	May 9	ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Technology November 11-15
18-18	May 4	Major New Tokamak Planned in Italy
18-17	April 29	French President Macron Urges US Continued Participation in ITER
18-16	April 26	IAEA Workshop on Fusion Enterprises, June 13-15 in Santa Fe
18-15	April 15	Fusion Pioneer Peter Thonemann Passes, Age 100
18-14	April 11	Conference on Fusion Neutron Sources and Fusion-Fission Hybrids
18-13	April 8	TAE CEO Michl Binderbauer's Views Posted
18-12	March 22	US Congress Passes FY 2018 Budget
18-11	March 21	Academies Fusion Panel Schedules Online Meeting March 23
18-10	March 9	MIT Graduates Launch Private Sector Fusion Venture
18-09	February 24	Academy Fusion Panel Posts Inputs Received
18-08	February 21	Noted Scientist and Educator Robert A. Gross Passes, Age 90
18-07	February 16	President Submits FY 2019 Budget Request to Congress
18-06	February 11	Award Nominations Sought
18-05	February 4	New Book on Fusion Neutronics
18-04	January 31	Inertial Fusion Veteran Guillermo Velarde Passes
18-03	January 23	NAS Fusion Panel Seeks Input
18-02	January 14	FPA Annual Meeting Presentations Posted
18-01	January 11	USDOE Fusion Advisory Committee to Meet February 1-2