News from the Office of Science

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News from the Office of Science

• Biological and Environmental Research Advisory
  Committee
• September 1, 2009

Dr. Patricia M. Dehmer Deputy Director for
Science Programs Office of ScienceU.S.
Department of Energy
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DOEs Office of Science

• The Office of Science is one of the nations
  largest supporters of peer-reviewed basic
  research, providing 40 of Federal support in the
  physical sciences and supporting 25,000 Ph.D.s,
  graduate students, undergraduates, engineers, and
  support staff at more than 300 universities and
  at all 17 DOE laboratories.
• Three themes describe the work supported by the
  Office of Science
• Science for discovery
• Unraveling Natures deepest mysteriesfrom the
  study of subatomic particles to atoms and
  molecules that make up the materials of our
  everyday world to DNA, proteins, cells, and
  entire natural ecosystems
• Science for national need
• Advancing a clean energy agenda through basic
  research on energy production, storage,
  transmission, and use
• Advancing our understanding of the Earths
  climate through basic research in atmospheric and
  environmental sciences and in climate modeling
• Supporting DOEs missions in national security
• National scientific user facilities, the 21st
  century tools of science
• Providing the Nations researchers with the most
  advanced tools of modern science including
  accelerators, colliders, supercomputers, light
  sources and neutron sources, and facilities for
  studying the nanoworld, the environment, and the
  atmosphere

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Office of Science Programs
Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR)
Science Lab Infrastructure (SLI)
Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists
(WDTS)
ASCR
Nuclear Physics (NP)
NP
BES
High Energy Physics (HEP)
HEP
FES
Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
BER
Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)
Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
BERAC September 1, 2009
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Office of Science Functional Support
All Other (Includes SCPD, SS, )
46 EFRCs (100M), 2 Hubs (70M), 3 BRCs (75M)
25 (each) of BES research and BER research.
Major Items of Equipment (Includes ITER)
FY 2010 Funding Total 4,941,682K
Facility Construction
Research (About 1/3 of the research is sited at
universities)
Facility Operations
Spallation Neutron Source shown with proposed
2nd target station
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BER Support by Major Function
All Other (Includes SBIR, GPP)
FY 2009 Appropriation Total 601,540K
Facility Operations Research
Research (About 30 of the research is sited at
universities)
BERAC September 1, 2009
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User Facilities

• Advanced computational resources terascale to
  petascale computing and networks for open science
• Four synchrotron light sources, and two
  next-generation light sources in construction
• Three neutron sources for scattering
• Particle accelerators/colliders/detectors for
  high energy and nuclear physics
• Fusion/plasma facilities, including ITER which
  seeks to demonstrate a burning plasma
• Five Nanoscale Science Research Centers
  capabilities for fabrication and characterization
  of materials at the nanoscale
• Joint Genome Institute for rapid whole genome
  sequencing
• Environmental Molecular Science Laboratory
  experimental and computational resources for
  environmental molecular sciences
• Atmospheric and Environmental Facilities
  capabilities for cloud and aerosol measurement
  and for carbon cycling measurements

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Distribution of Users by Facility
Breakdown by facility of 25,000 users in FY 2010
Alcator
DIII-D
NSTX
SSRL
ARM
JGI
FY 2010 funding for the light sources is 258M,
17 of the total funding for the operating
facilities.

• 25,000 users at the facilities in FY 2010 1/2
  from universities 1/3 from labs the remainder
  from industry, other agencies, and international
  entities.

ALS
FES
EMSL
ATLAS
Bio Enviro Facilities
HRIBF
TJNAF
Nuclear physics facilities
APS
RHIC
Light Sources
B-Factory
High energy physics facilities
Tevatron
Neutron Sources
NSLS
Computing Facilities
ALCF
Nano Centers
OLCF
HFIR
Lujan
SNS
NERSC
NSRCs
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BER Facilities
SSRL 1974 2004
NSLS-I 2015
HRIBF
3000
2500
2000
Users
EMSL
1500
ARM
JGI
1000
500
CEBAF
0
FY 2008
FY 2009
FY 2010
estimated
estimated
BERAC September 1, 2009
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Training the Next Generation of Scientists and
Engineers

• 4,400 grad students and 2,700 postdocs supported
  by SC(in FY 2009)
• 550 undergrad internships at DOE labs (1,175 in
  FY 2010 request) and 280 K-16 educators at DOE
  labs (in FY 2009)
• 300,000 K-12 students 21,000 educators 3,000
  grad students 4,200 undergrad students
  participated in DOE lab activities (FY 2008)
• DOE National Science Bowl attracts 22,000 high
  school and middle school students annually
• SC initiated the Graduate Fellowship Program for
  steady-state support of 400 grad students with
  Recovery Act funds and the FY 2010 request

BERAC September 1, 2009
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Status of SC Recovery Act Projects

• The goals of the Recovery Act are articulated in
  the Acts Statement of Purpose. Two that were
  key to our decisions are
• (1) To preserve and create jobs and promote
  economic recovery and
• (3) To provide investments needed to increase
  economic efficiency by spurring technological
  advances in science and health.
• SC ARRA projects were selected having specific
  characteristics
• Shovel-ready
• Enhance research infrastructure and support
  high-priority RD
• Low risk (e.g., construction projects were
  baselined with in-place or imminent CD-3
  research projects had proposals in hand or
  solicitations were to be fast)
• No out-year mortgages, with two exceptions (EFRCs
  and Graduate Fellowship/Early Career Awards)

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BERAC September 1, 2009
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Status of SC Recovery Act Projects

• 51 projects totaling 1.6B
• Acceleration of Ongoing Line-Item Construction
  Projects - 338.2M
• NSLS-II (150.0M)
• TJNAF 12 GeV upgrade (65.0M)
• Science Laboratory Infrastructure (SLI)
  Construction (108.5M)
• Acceleration of Major Items of Equipment -
  171.1M
• NOvA MIE (55.0M)
• Upgrades to SC User Facilities - 391.0M
• Advanced Networking (66.8M)
• Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate
  Research Facility (60.0M)
• Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
  (60.0M)
• Light Source Instrumentation/Enhancements
  (24.0M)
• Nanoscale Science Research Center Instrumentation
  (25.0M)
• Laboratory General Plant Projects - 129.6M
• Scientific Research - 562.1M
• Energy Frontier Research Centers (277.0M
  forward-funded 5 years)
• Energy Sciences Fellowships and Early Career
  Awards (97.5M forward-funded 3-5 years)
• Management and Oversight - 8.0M

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BERAC September 1, 2009
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Status of BER Recovery Act Projects
Amount
ARM Climate Research Facility Initiative
60,000
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
60,000
Joint Genome Institute
13,122
DOE Bioenergy Research Center Capital Equipment
13,500
Knowledgebase RD
3,188
4,860
Integrated Assessment Research
Total BER
154,670
(dollars in thousands)
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BERAC September 1, 2009
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DOE Energy Innovation Hubs

• Proposed Hubs
• Solar Electricity (EERE)
• Fuels from Sunlight (SC)
• Batteries and Energy Storage (SC)
• Carbon Capture and Storage (FE)
• Electrical Grid Systems (OE)
• Energy Efficient Building Systems Design (EERE)
• Extreme Materials for Nuclear Fuel Cycles and
  Systems (NE)
• Modeling and Simulation for Nuclear Fuel Cycles
  and Systems (NE)

• Hubs will be multi-disciplinary, highly
  collaborative research and development teams,
  working largely under one roof. Each team will
  focus on solving specific, critical technology
  challenges.

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BERAC September 1, 2009
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SC Request vs. Appropriation (FY 2010 Constant s)
SC doubling is based on the FY 2006 appropriation
Appropriation amounts exclude Congressionally
directed projects.
BERAC September 1, 2009
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Status of FY 2010 Appropriations
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BERAC September 1, 2009
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New BERAC Charge
To assemble a Committee of Visitors (COV) to
review the management processes of the BER
Climate and Environmental Sciences Division.

• The panel should
• Provide an assessment of the processes used to
  solicit, review, recommend, and document proposal
  actions and monitor projects and programs for
  both DOE laboratory and university programs.
• Assess the operations of the Divisions programs
  during the FY 2007, FY 2008, and FY 2009
• Consider and provide evaluation of the following
  major elements
• the efficacy and quality of the processes
• the quality of the resulting portfolio, including
  breadth and depth, and its national and
  international standing.
• The panel should also comment on
• Observed strengths or deficiencies in any
  component or sub-component of the Divisions
  portfolio and suggestions for improvement.
• Progress made towards addressing action items
  from the previous COV review.
• Report should be submitted to BERAC by the Fall
  2010 Committee meeting.

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BERAC September 1, 2009
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of Pats energy talk
Recap The components of an energy strategy
and BER
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U.S. Energy Flow, 2008 About 1/3 of U.S. primary
energy is imported
Exports 7 Quads
Domestic Production 74 Quads
Consumption 99 Quads
Energy Consumption
Energy Supply (Quads)
Imports 33 Quads
Adjustments 1
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U.S. Energy Flow, 2007 (Quads) 85 of primary
energy is from fossil fuels
Residential
Commercial
Industrial
Transportation
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U.S. Energy Flow, 2007 (Quads) 58 of Primary
Energy is Waste

Electricity 40.5
Nuclear
Wasted 58.5
Res.
Com.
Gas
Used 43.0
Industry
Coal
Trans.
Petroleum (2/3 of crude oil imported)
Source LLNL 2008 data are based on
DOE/EIA-0384(2006). Credit should be given to
LLNL and DOE.
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Energy the environment
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Electric Energy Storage
Transmission Distribution
Electricity 40.5
Nuclear
End-use Efficiency
Wasted 58.5
Res.
Zero-net-emissions Electricity Generation
Com.
Gas
Used 43.0
CCS
Ind.
Coal
Trans.
Fuel Switching
Petroleum
Climate/Environment Science
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Source LLNL 2008 data are based on
DOE/EIA-0384(2006). Credit should be given to
LLNL and DOE.
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NAS Americas Energy Future
One of the committees conclusions is that there
is no technological silver bullet at present
that could transform the U.S. energy system
through a substantial new source of clean and
reasonably priced domestic energy. Instead, the
transformation will require a balanced portfolio
of existing (although perhaps modified)
technologies, multiple new energy technologies,
and new energy-efficiency and energy-use
patterns.
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NAS Americas Energy Future
But a timely transformation of the energy system
is unlikely to happen without finally adopting a
strategic energy policy to guide developments
over the next decades. Long-term problems
require long-term solutions, and only
significant, deliberate, stable, integrated,
consistent, and sustained actions will move us to
a more secure and sustainable energy
future. Harold T. Shapiro, ChairPreface Committ
ee on Americas Energy Future