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Plasma Science Committee (PLSC) and study on new opportunities in plasma science and technology

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7273882· OSTI ID:7273882
The Plasma Science Committee (PLSC) of the National Research Council (NRC) is charged with monitoring the health of the field of plasma science in the United States. Accordingly, the Committee identifies and examines both broad and specific issues affecting the field. Regular meetings, teleconferences, briefings from agencies and the scientific community, the formation of study panels to prepare reports, and special symposia are among the mechanisms used by the PLSC to meet its charge. This progress report presents a review of PLSC activities from July 15, 1991 to May 31, 1992. The details of prior activities are discussed in earlier reports. This report also includes the status of activities associated with the PLSC study on opportunities in plasma science and technology. During the above period, the PLSC has continued to track and participate in, when requested, discussions on the health of the field. Much of the perspective of the PLSC has been presented in the recently-published report Research Briefing on Contemporary Problems in Plasma Science. That report has served as the basis for briefings to representatives of the federal government as well as the community-at-large. In keeping with its charge to identify and highlight specific areas for scientific and technological opportunities, the PLSC completed publication of the report Plasma Processing of Materials: Scientific and Technological Opportunities and launched a study on new opportunities in plasma science and technology.
Research Organization:
National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC (United States). Board on Physics and Astronomy
Sponsoring Organization:
DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
FG05-88ER53279
OSTI ID:
7273882
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/53279-2; ON: DE92019507
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English