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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Creating a Robust Accelerator Science
& Technology Ecosystem
Office of Accelerator R&D and
Production, Office of Science,
Department of Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Request for information (RFI).
AGENCY:
The Office of Accelerator R&D
and Production, as DOE’s coordinating
office for accelerator R&D to support the
Office of Science research mission, is
requesting information on the current
state of the accelerator technology
market, and for information about
successful public-private-partnership
models.
DATES: Written comments and
information are requested on or before
March 15, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons may
submit comments by email only.
Comments must be sent to ARDAPRFI@
science.doe.gov with the subject line
‘‘Accelerator RFI Comments’’.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Eric R. Colby, (301) 903–5475,
Eric.Colby@science.doe.gov.
SUMMARY:
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Challenge: Particle Accelerators
and closely related technologies play a
key role in the discovery sciences,
including Basic Energy Sciences, Fusion
Energy Sciences, High Energy Physics,
and Nuclear Physics. Modern discovery
science accelerators are high technology
instruments of remarkable complexity,
having advanced over eight orders of
magnitude in energy since their
invention. Aggressive reinvention of the
underlying technology has driven
improvements in this science and has
required sustained investment in
accelerator science R&D that advances
the methods, materials, and
understanding of accelerator science.
National Laboratories, academia, and
industry each play vital, mutually
reinforcing roles in the success of the
accelerator-based discovery sciences.
They provide a pipeline of scientific
and technological advances and
corresponding accelerator-component
production capability, both necessary to
sustain U.S. leadership in this area.
With an estimated 30,000 particle
accelerators operating worldwide, there
is a significant and growing need 1 for a
technically proficient industrial base
that can provide the increasingly high
technology components for modern
accelerators. Reductions in federally
funded long-term accelerator R&D over
the past decade, coupled with marginal
domestic markets for accelerator
technologies have resulted in weakening
of the domestic accelerator technology
production capability.
The Response: The U.S. Department
of Energy, acting through the Office of
Accelerator R&D and Production in the
Office of Science, is gathering
information on the state of the
accelerator technology ecosystem, and
on future investments that would be of
mutual benefit to both DOE’s physical
sciences research mission and to
industry.
For the purposes of this Request for
Information, Accelerator Technology
encompasses the materials, components,
subsystems, and integrated accelerator
systems needed for modern accelerators.
This includes accelerator structures
(both room temperature and
superconducting); high power radio
frequency sources and transmission
components; high efficiency highvoltage pulsed-power systems; high
precision accelerator magnets (both
conventional and superconducting);
high power laser systems; high
brightness sources of electrons, protons,
1 ‘‘Accelerators for America’s Future’’, workshop
report, https://science.energy.gov/∼/media/hep/pdf/
accelerator-rd-stewardship/Report.pdf (2009).
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and ions; high power targets for
secondary beam generation; precision xray optics; particle and radiation
detectors, and advanced accelerator
concepts. It also includes materials such
as superconducting sheet, wire, and
cable; permanent magnet materials;
materials for laser and x-ray optics and
coatings; photocathode materials and
structures for polarized electron
sources; and materials for particle
detectors.
The transfer of high technology from
academic and research use into
industrialized production for broader
use is a vital step towards reducing cost
and increasing reliability of particle
accelerators generally. Collaborative
models of accelerator R&D, publicprivate partnerships, cooperative
research and development agreements,
Small Business Innovation Research
programs, and industrial R&D are but a
few of the critical mechanisms that
move technology from concept to
practice.
Request for Information: The objective
of this request for information is to
gather information about the current
marketplace of particle accelerator
technology, and to explore
opportunities, possible partnerships,
and mechanisms to strengthen the
domestic supply chain.
The questions below are intended to
assist in the formulation of comments
and should not be considered as a
limitation on either the number or the
issues that may be addressed in such
comments. A summary of the comments
provided will be made public.
The DOE Office of Accelerator R&D
and Production is specifically interested
in receiving input pertaining to any of
the following questions:
Status and Future of the Market
1. What are the current industrial
applications of particle accelerators and
closely related accelerator technologies
(see previous description)? What is the
approximate size of these markets?
2. What are the emergent industrial
applications of particle accelerators and
closely related technologies?
3. Are there specific aspects of the
current market that pose challenges to
maintaining a viable accelerator
technology business?
4. Are there specific aspects of the
current market that inhibit technology
transfer and/or the introduction of new
accelerator technologies?
Models for Technology Transfer
5. What mechanisms are currently in
use to transfer technology innovations
to industrial practice in your technology
area?
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a. What aspects of these mechanisms
are effective?
b. What opportunities exist to
improve these mechanisms?
c. How widely known or easily
accessible are these mechanisms?
6. Can you describe previous
examples of successful technology R&D
partnerships or mechanisms? Why,
specifically, were these partnerships or
mechanisms successful?
7. Can you describe examples of failed
technology partnerships or
mechanisms? Why, specifically, did
these attempts fail?
8. Are there new models of
technology transfer that should be
explored?
Workforce Development
9. Do present training mechanisms
such as SULI,2 post-baccalaureate
programs in accelerator science &
engineering, Traineeship Programs,3
USPAS,4 and the Energy I-Corps 5 meet
the workforce needs for industry,
academia, and the national laboratories?
a. What aspects of current training
mechanisms could be improved?
b. What additional mechanisms could
be used to improve overall workforce
expertise and readiness?
Defining an Optimal Federal Role
10. What mix of institutions
(industrial, academic, lab, government)
could best carry out the required
technology transfer R&D, and who
should drive the R&D?
11. What collaboration models would
be most effective for pursuing joint
technology R&D?
12. How could accelerator technology
R&D efforts engage with other
innovation and manufacturing
initiatives, such as Manufacturing
USA? 6
13. At what point in the technology
transfer and subsequent manufacturing
development cycle would federal
support no longer be needed?
14. How best can integrated
production know-how for niche market
technologies be preserved once highquality sustainable production has been
achieved?
15. What metrics should be used to
assess the progress of an accelerator
technology transfer effort over the short
term (e.g., 1–2 years) and long term (e.g.,
5 years or more)?
2 https://science.osti.gov/wdts/suli.
3 https://uspas.fnal.gov/opportunities/
educational-opps/DOE-traineeships.shtml.
4 https://uspas.fnal.gov/index.shtml.
5 https://energyicorps.energy.gov/.
6 See https://www.manufacturingusa.com/for a
program description.
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Other Factors
16. Are there other factors, not
addressed by the questions above, that
impact the successful transfer and
industrialization of accelerator
technology?
Depending on the response to this
RFI, a subsequent workshop may be
held to further explore and elaborate the
opportunities.
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Energy was signed on January 25, 2021,
by J. Stephen Binkley, Acting Director,
Office of Science, pursuant to delegated
authority from the Acting Secretary of
Energy. That document with the original
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and in compliance with requirements of
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Creating a Robust Accelerator Science & Technology Ecosystem
AGENCY: Office of Accelerator R&D and Production, Office of Science,
Department of Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Request for information (RFI).
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SUMMARY: The Office of Accelerator R&D and Production, as DOE's
coordinating office for accelerator R&D to support the Office of
Science research mission, is requesting information on the current
state of the accelerator technology market, and for information about
successful public-private-partnership models.
DATES: Written comments and information are requested on or before
March 15, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons may submit comments by email only.
Comments must be sent to [email protected] with the subject line
``Accelerator RFI Comments''.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Eric R. Colby, (301) 903-5475,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Challenge: Particle Accelerators and closely related
technologies play a key role in the discovery sciences, including Basic
Energy Sciences, Fusion Energy Sciences, High Energy Physics, and
Nuclear Physics. Modern discovery science accelerators are high
technology instruments of remarkable complexity, having advanced over
eight orders of magnitude in energy since their invention. Aggressive
reinvention of the underlying technology has driven improvements in
this science and has required sustained investment in accelerator
science R&D that advances the methods, materials, and understanding of
accelerator science. National Laboratories, academia, and industry each
play vital, mutually reinforcing roles in the success of the
accelerator-based discovery sciences. They provide a pipeline of
scientific and technological advances and corresponding accelerator-
component production capability, both necessary to sustain U.S.
leadership in this area. With an estimated 30,000 particle accelerators
operating worldwide, there is a significant and growing need \1\ for a
technically proficient industrial base that can provide the
increasingly high technology components for modern accelerators.
Reductions in federally funded long-term accelerator R&D over the past
decade, coupled with marginal domestic markets for accelerator
technologies have resulted in weakening of the domestic accelerator
technology production capability.
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\1\ ``Accelerators for America's Future'', workshop report,
https://science.energy.gov/~/media/hep/pdf/accelerator-rd-
stewardship/Report.pdf (2009).
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The Response: The U.S. Department of Energy, acting through the
Office of Accelerator R&D and Production in the Office of Science, is
gathering information on the state of the accelerator technology
ecosystem, and on future investments that would be of mutual benefit to
both DOE's physical sciences research mission and to industry.
For the purposes of this Request for Information, Accelerator
Technology encompasses the materials, components, subsystems, and
integrated accelerator systems needed for modern accelerators. This
includes accelerator structures (both room temperature and
superconducting); high power radio frequency sources and transmission
components; high efficiency high-voltage pulsed-power systems; high
precision accelerator magnets (both conventional and superconducting);
high power laser systems; high brightness sources of electrons,
protons,
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and ions; high power targets for secondary beam generation; precision
x-ray optics; particle and radiation detectors, and advanced
accelerator concepts. It also includes materials such as
superconducting sheet, wire, and cable; permanent magnet materials;
materials for laser and x-ray optics and coatings; photocathode
materials and structures for polarized electron sources; and materials
for particle detectors.
The transfer of high technology from academic and research use into
industrialized production for broader use is a vital step towards
reducing cost and increasing reliability of particle accelerators
generally. Collaborative models of accelerator R&D, public-private
partnerships, cooperative research and development agreements, Small
Business Innovation Research programs, and industrial R&D are but a few
of the critical mechanisms that move technology from concept to
practice.
Request for Information: The objective of this request for
information is to gather information about the current marketplace of
particle accelerator technology, and to explore opportunities, possible
partnerships, and mechanisms to strengthen the domestic supply chain.
The questions below are intended to assist in the formulation of
comments and should not be considered as a limitation on either the
number or the issues that may be addressed in such comments. A summary
of the comments provided will be made public.
The DOE Office of Accelerator R&D and Production is specifically
interested in receiving input pertaining to any of the following
questions:
Status and Future of the Market
1. What are the current industrial applications of particle
accelerators and closely related accelerator technologies (see previous
description)? What is the approximate size of these markets?
2. What are the emergent industrial applications of particle
accelerators and closely related technologies?
3. Are there specific aspects of the current market that pose
challenges to maintaining a viable accelerator technology business?
4. Are there specific aspects of the current market that inhibit
technology transfer and/or the introduction of new accelerator
technologies?
Models for Technology Transfer
5. What mechanisms are currently in use to transfer technology
innovations to industrial practice in your technology area?
a. What aspects of these mechanisms are effective?
b. What opportunities exist to improve these mechanisms?
c. How widely known or easily accessible are these mechanisms?
6. Can you describe previous examples of successful technology R&D
partnerships or mechanisms? Why, specifically, were these partnerships
or mechanisms successful?
7. Can you describe examples of failed technology partnerships or
mechanisms? Why, specifically, did these attempts fail?
8. Are there new models of technology transfer that should be
explored?
Workforce Development
9. Do present training mechanisms such as SULI,\2\ post-
baccalaureate programs in accelerator science & engineering,
Traineeship Programs,\3\ USPAS,\4\ and the Energy I-Corps \5\ meet the
workforce needs for industry, academia, and the national laboratories?
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\2\ https://science.osti.gov/wdts/suli.
\3\ https://uspas.fnal.gov/opportunities/educational-opps/DOE-traineeships.shtml.
\4\ https://uspas.fnal.gov/index.shtml.
\5\ https://energyicorps.energy.gov/.
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a. What aspects of current training mechanisms could be improved?
b. What additional mechanisms could be used to improve overall
workforce expertise and readiness?
Defining an Optimal Federal Role
10. What mix of institutions (industrial, academic, lab,
government) could best carry out the required technology transfer R&D,
and who should drive the R&D?
11. What collaboration models would be most effective for pursuing
joint technology R&D?
12. How could accelerator technology R&D efforts engage with other
innovation and manufacturing initiatives, such as Manufacturing USA?
\6\
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\6\ See https://www.manufacturingusa.com/for a program
description.
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13. At what point in the technology transfer and subsequent
manufacturing development cycle would federal support no longer be
needed?
14. How best can integrated production know-how for niche market
technologies be preserved once high-quality sustainable production has
been achieved?
15. What metrics should be used to assess the progress of an
accelerator technology transfer effort over the short term (e.g., 1-2
years) and long term (e.g., 5 years or more)?
Other Factors
16. Are there other factors, not addressed by the questions above,
that impact the successful transfer and industrialization of
accelerator technology?
Depending on the response to this RFI, a subsequent workshop may be
held to further explore and elaborate the opportunities.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of Energy was signed on January 25,
2021, by J. Stephen Binkley, Acting Director, Office of Science,
pursuant to delegated authority from the Acting Secretary of Energy.
That document with the original signature and date is maintained by
DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in compliance with
requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the undersigned DOE
Federal Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to sign and submit
the document in electronic format for publication, as an official
document of the Department of Energy. This administrative process in no
way alters the legal effect of this document upon publication in the
Federal Register.
Signed in Washington, DC, on January 26, 2021.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2021-01959 Filed 1-28-21; 8:45 am]
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