The LBNF rock pile in the old Homestake Open Cut. The pile is approximately 800 feet high and is roughly 5 acres in area, containing some 520,000 tons of broken rock. Photo: Simon Pollard
https://t.co/ApbzWV5Qei #LBNF#LBNF/DUNE #SURF
Wilson Hall has a new neighbor! ๐
The Integrated Engineering Research Center will be the new home of engineers and technicians working on high-energy physics projects at Fermilab.
https://t.co/poOFtfSVtE
#IERC#DUNEscience#physics#engineering
The New Horizons in Physics Prize is awarded to Anna Grassellino @Fermilab - for the discovery of major performance enhancements to niobium superconducting radio-frequency cavities, with applications ranging from accelerator physics to quantum devices.
https://t.co/2I1F7xSSTL
"Blankets, material, and engineering to tight tolerances" will be needed and "can lift all boats in the fusion industry," with support from the public sector says @CarlyAnde at @WHOSTP#FusionEnergy summit.
"Over the past couple of years, there has been a proclivity toward frontier tech" by venture capital, especially the megalithic industry of fusion energy, says AJ Kantor of @energy_zap at @WHOSTP#FusionEnergy summit.
.@PPPLsSciEd gets massive props at @WHOSTP#FusionEnergy summit for transformative "discover how cool plasmas are" in a box, the https://t.co/TXfiHOZnhA experiment. Thanks, Amelia and @artdomi !
To accelerate #FusionEnergy, @PPPLab student Amelia says early engagement & empowerment matter: "Tomorrow's fusion leaders could be attending community college today in rural Montana; they may not have fallen in love with fusion because they haven't been introduced yet!" @WHOSTP
"The fusion community is starting purposeful engagement" on energy ethics and social licensing with the public, says Scott Hoedl of Post Road Foundation at @WHOSTP#FusionEnergy summit. (p.s. Hi Amelia!)
Time to engage environmental community is now as proof of principle work is underway and fusion pilot plant work begins, says Matthew McKinzie of @NRDC at the @WHOSTP#FusionEnergy summit.
Soundbite of the day: "We don't want somebody else to be the Saudi Arabia of fusion. We [the U.S.] want to be it." -- Steve Cowley @WHOSTP#FusionEnergy summit.
Director Steve Cowley of @PPPLab at @WHOSTP#FusionEnergy outlines why 2021 was the greatest year of fusion with @Livermore_Lab NIF results and @UKAEAofficial JET results as well as the computing and modeling to calculate, predict, and control plasmas at 100M-200M degrees.
Recognize any of those folks in the front row? A lot have @PPPLab connections and even day jobs! #FusionEnergy brings together all folks, no matter their hair color, race, background, or other demographic. We are #TogetherForFusion.
Pleased to see #AlondraNelson chairing the #FusionEnergy summit at the White House today. Pleasure to talk with her during her February visit to @PPPLab. Powerful female leadership team all around! #WomensHistoryMonth