DOE Office of Science
Budget Overview
Kenneth O. Olsen
MSU/FRIB
May 1, 2014
INTRODUCTION
• This presentation is not an official review of the DOE SC
budget
• The total FY-14 appropriation for SC is $5,066M and the
President's request for FY-15 is $5,111M, a net increase of
0.9%
• Presentation focus is on areas that potentially impact
advanced accelerator R&D and construction projects
• A more detailed budget presentation was given by Pat
Dehmer, Acting Director SC, at the SPAFOA Capitol Hill on
Dec. 12, 2013
• However that was before DOE received its FY-14
appropriation and release of the President’s FY-15 budget
request in March
Partial SC Budget Overview
Major organization
FY 13
Current
FY 14
Enacted
FY 15
Request
FY 15 Request
vs FY 14 Enact
Advanced Scientific Comp. Res 405.0
478.1
541.0
62.9
Basic Energy Sciences*
1551.3
1711.9
1806.5
94.6
Biological/ Environmental Res
560.7
609.7
628.0
18.3
Fusion Energy*
377.8
504.7
416.0
-88.7
High Energy Physics*
727.5
796.5
744.0
-52.5
Nuclear Physics*
507.2
569.1
593.6
24.4
* Offices impacting accelerator R&D, facility construction and
accelerator user facility operations
DOE SC Major Project Milestones
Major projects managed under DOE Order 413.3b
https://www.directives.doe.gov/directives.../0413.
3-BOrder-b
• CD-0 Approve Mission Need
• CD-1 Approve Alternative Selection and Cost
Range
• CD-2 Approve Performance Baseline
• CD-3A Approve Long-Lead Procurements
• CD-3 Approve Start of Construction
• CD-4 Approve Start of Operations
Basic Energy Sciences LCLS-II
• Major upgrade of Linac Coherent Light Source
(LCLS) facility at SLAC to LCLS-II
• Recommended by the BESAC in 2013 report
• Adds new 4 GeV superconducting linac
feeding new independently tunable
undulators
• FY-14 funding $85.7M
• FY-15 Pres. Budget request $148M
Basic Energy Sciences- LCLS-II
• Total project cost est. $895M (Pres. FY-15 req.)
• First superconducting linac systems to be installed at
SLAC
• Acquired by SLAC under existing M&O contract
• SLAC will partner with other DOE Labs for the design
and procurement of key technical components,
(probably FNAL and Jlab)
• All subcontracts will be competitively bid on a best
value to the Government basis
• SPAFOA negotiating with SLAC for a members meeting,
Sept 2014?
Fusion Energy
• Key issue is the future of the US contribution
to the ITER project in France
• Issue broader than DOE, involved agreements
signed by the State Department
High Energy Physics
• Muon to Electron Conversion Experiment (Mu2e) complete design
phase CD-2 in FY-15 and move into full construction
• High Energy Physics Advisory Panel (HEPAP) to review P-5 report on
future recommendations for HEP activities including the Long
Baseline Neutrino Experiment (LBNE) and make recommendations
to SC/ OHEP.
• Report is scheduled to be presented to HEPAP May 18.
• OHEP plans to have information of the proposed future of LBNE in
time to impact FY-15 appropriation
• LBNE will be managed by Fermilab, long range detector system is at
Homestake mine in SD
• A key cost/capability issue is the depth of far detector
• Will be discussed in detail with SPAFOA at our next meeting at
Fermilab (later this year?)
Nuclear Physics
• FRIB off and running. Congratulations!!!
• Thanks for the great presentations today
SPAFOA Issue
• DOE is now engaged in 3 major facility R,D, and
construction projects; LCLS II, FRIB, and potentially LBNE.
Subcontracts for hardware and construction services
appear to be made on a “best value” basis
• Substantive involvement in these projects has the potential
of several hundred million dollars of business, growth of
hundreds of high-tech jobs, and long term business
prospects in other SCRF applications for US industry.
• We need to get this message across to decision makers
when they define “best value”
• SPAFOA BOD will be discussing a white paper on “best
value”