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Academies Fusion Power Plant Panel to Hold 2nd Virtual Meeting Sep 2

August 29, 2020

The National Academies Fusion Power Plant Committee will hold a second meeting via Zoom on Wednesday September 2. The panel heard from Jim Van Dam, head of the U.S. fusion offfice, on August 26.

At the September 2 meeting the panel will have public discussions with the following:

Chris Fall, Director of the DOE Office of Science
Scott Hsu, ARPA-E
Congressional Staff
Michael Mauel, Columbia U., co-chair of a previous Academies fusion study

The public discussion meeting will begin at noon Eastern time and last most of the afternoon.

Information on the fusion study generally and links to the agenda and Zoom September 2 meeting are at:

https://www.nas.edu/fusion

or, for access directly to information on the September 2 meeting:

https://www.nationalacademies.org/event/09-02-2020/key-goals-and-innovations-needed-for-a-us-fusion-pilot-plant-virtual-meeting-1-day-2-september-2020