- Number 299 |
- November 9, 2009
Innovative concepts at PPPL get ARRA lift
An interior shot of
the
Lithium Tokamak
Experiment with PPPL
graduate
student Laura
Berzak peeking through
an opening.
An additional $1.8 million in stimulus funding will benefit three innovative fusion energy research concepts at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL). The additional funding will be used for new instrumentation for critical measurements in fusion reactions, exploration of novel liquid lithium walls in a fusion machine, and an alternate approach for a fusion machine configuration—all research areas in the development of fusion as a potential energy source. This recently awarded amount is on top of the $13.8 million PPPL received in August as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the stimulus bill signed by President Obama earlier this year.
[Patti Wieser, 609.243.2757,
pwieser@pppl.gov]
