Department of Energy FY94 Budget: Nuclear Physics
The Department of Energy has requested $322.3 million for Nuclear Physics in fiscal year 1994. The request is an increase of $13.2 million, or 4.3 percent, from the 1993 appropriation.
DOE’s budget submission to Congress states that “Nuclear Physics research is targeted toward understanding the structure of atomic nuclei and the fundamental forces required to hold nuclei together.
The program is centered around an active experimental research program and the design and fabrication of sophisticated detectors, coupled with the development of creative theoretical concepts and support of other disciplines based on nuclear technology. In addition, the construction, operation, and maintenance of accelerator facilities are needed to provide the beams of particles upon which the experiments are based. Funds are included to continue construction of the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) and the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) in order to maintain our world leadership position in nuclear physics.
“Funding for FY 1994 Nuclear Physics programs is $322.3 million. Operating expense program support is $199.3 million, which includes funding for the subprogram activities of Medium Energy Physics ($91.5 million), Heavy Ion Physics ($67.4 million), Low Energy Physics ($25.6 million), and Nuclear Theory ($14.8 million). Capital equipment requirements are funded at $29.0 million.
“Construction is funded at $94.0 million; general plant projects and accelerator improvements and modifications are supported at $7.4 million; the RHIC at $70.0 million (total estimated cost of $477.3 million), and the CEBAF at $16.6 million (total estimated cost of $313.2 million).”
Future FYIs will cover other DOE program budgets, including the SSC, Basic Energy Sciences, and Fusion Energy.
