Fusion Organization Tracking Strategy

Our strategy for “fusion organization tracking” is guided by the need to develop a “Fusion Philanthropy App” akin to the “Fusion Investor App”, which is in turn related to the Fusion Experiment Tracker as well as the “fast track peer review” idea. 

The logic, data and programming that will go into making one of these apps will be relevant to the others.  In all cases, we need to think about some end uses before we start gathering information from (with!) our fellow fusion organizations. 

Fusion Philanthropy App

Consider the Fusion Philanthropy App.  This app will revolve around projects, which are (quite naturally) connected to organizations.

Imagine a potential fusion philanthropist, wondering what fusion project to support.  One person may want to support research, one education, one his/her alma mater.  The one that wants to support research may want to base this on type (basic science, experimental device, etc.) 

Many will be starting with a vague sense that it might be something they’d like to do, but they will have a lot of doubts.

Then, someone tells them about the Fusion Philanthropy App.  They download it, and up pops all kinds of information about fusion organizations and the work they are (and would like to be) doing. 

The philanthropist’s vague interest in fusion solidifies as the case for fusion (and specific ways to have an impact) resolves before their eyes.  They start to truly see how the projects are interrelated, where the gaps are, how their support affects one project as well as the whole endeavor.  Friendly rivalries can be leveraged (folks from different alma maters racing to raise more money for their universities fusion program).  There are many ways to dice data and make it useful.

These folks need access to information.  We thus plan to integrate information about organizations with information about experiments.  It all starts with the groups doing the work.  Do you represent any of the fusion organizations and websites listed below? Join us in the forums to discuss ways of going about this.  Some things to discuss:

• Specific types of information you think should be included about an organization;
• actions you would like people to take on an app. 
• Types of widgets, logos or rss feeds that would be good to include.

Does this sound like something you would like to see?  Donate early and donate often to speed up the work of the Fusion Energy League and get involved to make the work more transparent and open sourced.

List of Fusion Organizations and Websites

• Fusion Support and Advocacy Organizations
• Fusion Power Associates (FPA)
• American Security Project (ASP)
• Fusion Future – MIT Alcator-C-Mod site
• Focus Fusion Society (FFS)
• University Fusion Associates (UFA)
• The ICC group – Innovative Confinement Concepts.
• Coalition for Plasma Science
• The FIRE Place
• Other Fusion Organizations (National Labs, Companies, University Programs, Outreach and Education)

Fusion Support and Advocacy Organizations

Fusion Power Associates (FPA)

http://fusionpower.org/

The FPA is a research and educational foundation located in Washington, DC.  It provides information on fusion projects and policy, issues a newsletter, holds annual management level technical symposia. FPA has been a great source of information, feedback and insight for us. Membership Organization.  Staff is small (1.5 people), no growth plans (?).  FPA is at capacity with its present functions.

American Security Project (ASP)

http://Fusion2020.org
ASP’s Fusion 2020 project communicates fusion issues to policymakers and strives to make fusion funding a key centerpiece of policy.  ASP promotes expansion of fusion program (see ASP white paper), making strong case in terms of American security needs and exceptionalism.

Fusion Future – MIT Alcator-C-Mod site

http://fusionfuture.org
This site was launched in February 2012 in response to the President’s FY2013 budget cuts of the Alcator C-Mod program.  Vital and active in opposing the budget cuts, with focus on restoring the MIT program. 

University Fusion Associates (UFA)

http://depts.washington.edu/ufa/

Members of the UFA are professional and student researchers in educational institutions throughout the United States.  They communicate via email (the website is not very active). University fusion program funding has been eroding steadily, well before FY2013.  UFA as an organization has a budget less than $20K.

The ICC group – Innovative Confinement Concepts.

http://www.iccworkshops.org/icc2011/

Website links to workshops on Innovative Confinement Concepts.  This is a catch all category for “everything else” – all the alternative fusion ideas.  The site here is for the workshop held last year.  Note: the ICC’s have changed their name to “Exploratory Plasma Research”.  This isn’t so much a formal organization as a loose association of alternatives.  This group also has a budget less than $20K for outreach. 

Focus Fusion Society (FFS)

http://focusfusion.org

A nonprofit fusion advocacy group that promotes aneutronic (advanced fuel) fusion with particular attention to the dense plasma focus device.  Supportive of other fusion alternatives, its resources and the attention of its members mostly revolves around its central device.  Has the expectation of short term success (the Dense Plasma Focus is expected to achieve fusion soon).   

Coalition for Plasma Science

http://www.plasmacoalition.org/

CPS is a group of institutions, organizations, and companies joining forces to increase awareness and understanding of plasma science and its many applications and benefits for society.  Promotes plasma in general, not just fusion (fusion science is a sub-division of plasma science).  Provides educational materials.  Attends school events. Has a modest budget.

The FIRE Place

http://FirePPPL.com

A great place to find the latest fusion news and a lot more. 

Other Fusion Organizations

Thanks to Fusion Power Associates for this compilation of other fusion websites.  Most of the sites here correspond to National Labs, Companies, University Programs, Outreach and Education.  We want to go through the list and classify each accordingly.  Also, we would like to cross reference the site to specific types of research conducted, and otherwise integrate this information with the Fusion Experiment Tracker.  Survey pending. Please donate to speed up the process!

1. American Nuclear Society - Fusion Energy Division
2. American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics
3. Argonne National Laboratory - Fusion Power Program
4. ARPA-E
5. Asociacion EURATOM - CIEMAT para Fusion (Spain)
6. Boeing Aerospace High Energy Systems
7. Burning Plasma Organization (U.S.)
8. Cadarache: A European Site for ITER
9. California Institute of Technology Plasma Page
10. Centre for Research on Plasma Physics (Switzerland)
11. Coalition for Plasma Science
12. Columbia University
13. Contemporary Physics Education Project for Fusion
14. Culham Laboratory
15. DOE Office of Fusion Energy Sciences
16. DOE Office of Inertial Fusion and the NIF
17. DOE Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (SEAB)
18. Directory of Plasma Conferences (IEEE)
19. Eastlund Scientific Enterprises Corp. (ESEC)
20. Ecole Polytechnique Intense Laser Lab (France)
21. EFDA-JET
22. D. V. Efremov Inst. (St. Petersburg, Russia)
23. Electro-Technical Laboratory (ETL) (Japan)
24. EMC2 Fusion Development Corporation
25. European Fusion Development Agreement (EFDA)
26. Frascati Tokamak Upgrade (Italy)
27. Fusion Educational Page
28. Fusion Energy League
29. Fusion Facilities and Personnel Directory
30. Fusion Future
31. Fusion Ignition Research Experiment (FIRE)
32. Fusion Meetings Calendar
33. Fusion Power Associates - Fusion Program Notes
34. General Atomics - Main Page
35. General Atomics - Educational Page
36. General Atomics - ICF Target Group
37. Georgia Institute of Technology
38. GSI Darmstadt - Main Page
39. GSI Darmstadt - Atomic Physics
40. GSI Darmstadt - Petawatt Laser
41. Heavy Ion Fusion VNL at LBNL
42. Heavy Ion Fusion News
43. High Average Power Laser (HAPL) Program (US)
44. Imperial College (England)
45. Innovation Services, Inc.
46. Instituto Gas Ionizzati (Padua, Italy)
47. Institute of Nuclear Fusion (Madrid, Spain)
48. Institute for Quantum Optics (Germany)
49. Institute for Plasma Physics (Czech Rebuplic)
50. Institute for Plasma Physics (Garching, Germany)
51. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
52. IAEA Nuclear Information System
53. IAEA World Survey of Fusion Activities
54. Ioffe Institute High Temperature Plasma Lab
55. ITER - International Site
56. ITER - India Site
57. ITER - Europe Site
58. ITER - Korea Site
59. ITER - U.S. Site
60. JAERI (Japan)
61. Japan Society of Plasma Science and Nuclear Fusion Research
62. Japan Tokamak - JT60
63. Joint European Torus - JET (England)
64. Journal of Fusion Energy
65. KfA - Juelich (Germany)
66. Korean National Fusion Research Institute
67. Lab for ICF, Frascati (Italy)
68. Lab for Physics of Gases and Plasmas (France)
69. Lab for Plasma Physics - Royal Military Inst. (Belgium)
70. Large Helical Device Project (Japan)
71. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab - Heavy Ion Fusion
72. LLNL Inertial Confinement Fusion
73. Lawrence Livermore National Lab - LIFE Fusion-Fission Project
74. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Laser Science and Tech
75. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - NIF
76. Lodestar, Inc.
77. Los Alamos National Laboratory - Fusion Energy
78. MIT Department of Nuclear Engineering
79. Macfusion.org (John WIllis)
80. MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center
81. Max-Planck-Inst for Quantum Optics (Germany)
82. Max-Planck Inst. for Quantum Optics Theory Group
83. National Energy Research Super Computer Center
84. National Institute for Fusion Science (Japan)
85. NRC Plasma Science Committee
86. National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX)
87. Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Fusion Energy Division
88. Osaka University, Institute of Laser Engineering (Japan)
89. Oxford University High Power Laser Group
90. Plasma Materials Test Facility (Sandia)
91. Plasma Quebec
92. Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
93. Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Central Laser Facility
94. Queens University Plasma and Laser Interaction Physics
95. Sandia Nat’l Lab -  Inertial Confinement Fusion
96. Sandia Nat’l Lab - Materials Test Facility
97. Snowmass - 1999
98. Snowmass - 2002
99. Stellarator News
100. U. S. Naval Research Lab - Laser Plasma Branch
101. U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Plasma Physics Division
102. University Fusion Association
103. University of California at Berkeley
104. University of California at Irvine
105. University of California at Los Angeles
106. UC at San Diego - Fusion Energy Research Program
107. UC at San Diego - Fusion Power Plant Studies
108. UC at San Diego, Physics Dept., Plasma Research
109. UC at San Diego - PISCES Program
110. University of Maryland - Theory
111. University of Maryland - Experimental
112. University of Maryland - MCX
113. University of Rochester - Laboratory for Laser Energetics
114. University of Rochester - Fusion Science Center
115. University of Texas
116. University of Washington
117. University of West Virginia
118. University of Wisconsin - Research Programs in Plasmas and Fusion Technology
119. Virtual Laboratory for Technology (USA)
120. Weizmann Institute (Israel)
121. Woodruff Scientific, Inc.