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Deep cuts put heat on fusion, labs

Journal Article · · Science
OSTI ID:181854

Republican leaders in Congress have not yet carried out their promise to kill off the Department of Energy (DOE), but they are starving some of its programs. Last week, a House and Senate conference committee agreed on some $300 million in cuts to the department`s 1996 budget. As a result, Energy Secretary Hazel O`Leary will be forced to throttle back immediately on fusion research, hasten efforts to cut spending at DOE`s larger laboratories, and think about selling off some of its smaller labs.

OSTI ID:
181854
Journal Information:
Science, Journal Name: Science Journal Issue: 5237 Vol. 270; ISSN SCIEAS; ISSN 0036-8075
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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