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ESnet - the energy sciences network strategic plan

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/456341· OSTI ID:456341

The goal of the Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Program is to provide a highly capable and reliable communications infrastructure that supports the Department of Energy`s (DOE) missions and enables DOE researchers to tap the power of leading-edge information technologies. ESnet provides an essential infrastructure that enhances national competitiveness and accelerates the development of future generations of high-performance, distributed computing systems and networks. These computing systems and networks are vital to modern scientific research. In addition, they enable development of new approaches to energy management, environmental restoration and waste management, national security, industrial processing, and health care, and also facilitate public access to government information. Extensive networks developed by the DOE`s high-energy physics and fusion energy research communities were the forerunners of the ESnet. These networks initially provided improved access to high-energy accelerator sites and to the Magnetic Fusion Energy Supercomputer Center, which opened at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 1974.

Research Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI ID:
456341
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER--0697; ON: DE97004480; NC: NONE
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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