H.R.4310
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Reported in
House - RH)
SEC. 3119. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR INERTIAL CONFINEMENT
FUSION IGNITION AND HIGH YIELD CAMPAIGN.
(a) Limitation- Except as provided in subsection (b),
of the funds
authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for
fiscal year 2013 for fusion ignition under the Inertial Confinement
Fusion
Ignition and High Yield Campaign, not more than 50 percent may be
obligated or expended until the date on which--
(1) the Administrator for
Nuclear Security certifies to the
congressional defense committees that fusion ignition has been achieved
at
the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory;
or
(2) the Administrator submits
to such committees a detailed report
on fusion ignition, including--
(A) a
thorough description of the remaining technical
challenges and gaps in understanding with respect to such ignition;
(B) a
plan and schedule for reevaluating the ignition program
and incorporating experimental data into computer models;
(C)
the best judgment of the Administrator with respect to
whether ignition can be achieved at the National Ignition Facility, as
designed on the date of the report; and
(D) if
funding being spent on ignition research as of the date
of the report were applied to life extension programs--
(i) a description of such programs that could be
accelerated or otherwise improved; and
(ii) how such funding changes would affect the stockpile
stewardship program.
(b) Exception- The limitation in subsection (a) shall
not apply to the
Z machine at Sandia National Laboratories or the Omega laser system at
the
University of Rochester.
(lenr.qumbu.com -- analyzing the Rossi/Focardi eCat -- and the
defkalion hyperion -- Hi, google!)
