Arra Reporting

ARRA Project Title and Code

Summary Description

Reporting Files and/or Links

Enhanced Facility Operations including DIII-D, C-Mod, and NSTX
2005-320

Provide one time augmentations of research and facility operations at each of the three major fusion energy science research facilities including minor refurbishments to increase the reliability and scientific productivity.

DIII-D Upgrades
2005-290

Enhance and upgrade several key components of the DIII-D National Fusion Facility, located at General Atomics (GA) in San Diego, CA.

C-Mod Upgrades
2005-300

Enhance and upgrade several key components of the Alcator C-Mod National Fusion Facility at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

NSTX Upgrades
2005-310

Enhance and upgrade several key components of the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX), one of the Nation’s key centers for magnetic fusion energy research.

PPPL General Plant Projects
2005-330

Provide for a critical upgrade to the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory’s (PPPL) 138 kilovolt (KV) switch gear, transformers, and associated circuit breakers, and other critical equipment which supports fusion and plasma science experiments and general infrastructure at PPPL.

HEDLP MEC Instrument Project
2005-340

Fund design and construction of the Matter in Extreme Conditions (MEC) Instrument Major Item of Equipment (MIE) which will enhance the scientific capabilities of the LCLS by enabling discovery-class experiments related to basic fusion energy research.

HEDLP NDCX-II
2005-341

Purchase equipment for the Neutralized Drift Compression Experiment (NDCX-II) experiment upgrade at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL).

Infrastructure Improvements for Innovative Confinement Concepts

2005-350

Upgrade the experimental equipment across the ICC program.

Plasma Science Centers

2005-360

Fully fund one Plasma Science Center (PSC) for a five year period and initiate funding of a second center.

Infrastructure Improvements for General Plasma Science User Facilities

2005-365

Fund equipment and infrastructure improvements of ongoing work in general plasma science research.

Energy Sciences Fellowships and Early Career Awards (FES)