AAAS – Proposed U.S. Fusion Cuts Ignite Debate
American Association for the Advancement of Science – Proposed U.S. Fusion Cuts Ignite Debate
By David Malakoff | 21 March 2012 – 12:27 PM
Both Republicans and Democrats on a U.S. House of Representatives spending panel yesterday questioned the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) plan to help pay for an international fusion project by shutting down a U.S.-based fusion machine.
“Fusion appears to come out the loser here,” and that is a “concern,” Representative Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ), the chair of the energy subcommittee of the House Committee on Appropriations, told William Brinkman, the director of DOE’s Office of Science. “To terminate anybody at this point in this game is a dangerous thing to do” if the U.S. wants fusion energy to become a reality, added Representative John Olver (D-MA).
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