Budget Cuts Cause Uncertainty at Brookhaven National Lab - Rebecca Tapio, SB Press

The future of nuclear physics research and discovery science in the United States lies in the hands of Congress as they struggle to pass a budget for the coming fiscal year. With the fiscal budget for 2014 currently in limbo, deep cuts are expected in federal programs across the board and without exception. A 2007 Long Range Plan released by the Nuclear Science Advisory Committee (NSAC) entitled The Frontiers of Nuclear Science, was based on the prediction that funding for the physical sciences would double between Fiscal Year 2008 and Fiscal Year 2018. In light of projected budgetary restraints, the US Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Physics and the National Science Foundation (NSF) charged the Nuclear Science Advisory Committee (NSAC) with updating the priorities of nuclear research in the United States http://sbpress.com/2013/04/budget-cuts-cause-uncertainty-at-brookhaven-national-lab/