Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§18648 Accelerator Research and Development

Title 42 › CHAPTER 161 — DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY RESEARCH AND INNOVATION › SUBCHAPTER III — DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OFFICE OF SCIENCE POLICY › § 18648

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director must run a program to improve particle accelerator science and technology. The program will help the Department, other federal agencies, and U.S. industry. It will build partnerships to test and move accelerator technologies into commercial use, grow a skilled and diverse workforce, and give people access to design and engineering resources. The program will fund research on broad accelerator technologies (for example, superconducting magnets and accelerators, beam physics, data-driven controls, simulation software, new particle sources, advanced lasers, and other breakthrough work) and support operation of the Accelerator Test Facility. It will also back partnership projects to develop and commercialize parts like advanced superconducting wire and cable, superconducting RF cavities, and high-efficiency radiofrequency power sources. The Director must consider needs for medical, industrial, security, and defense uses and work with universities, industry, and other agencies to turn research into usable products. The law authorizes these amounts from the Office of Science: $19,080,000 for FY2023; $20,224,800 for FY2024; $21,438,288 for FY2025; $22,724,585 for FY2026; and $24,088,060 for FY2027.

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Title 42, §18648

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(a)Program

As part of the activities authorized under section 7139 of this title, the Director shall carry out a research program—

(1)to advance accelerator science and technology relevant to the Department, other Federal agencies, and United States industry;

(2)to foster partnerships to develop, demonstrate, and enable the commercial application of accelerator technologies;

(3)to support the development of a skilled, diverse, and inclusive accelerator workforce; and

(4)to provide access to accelerator design and engineering resources.

(b)Accelerator research

In carrying out the program authorized under subsection (a), the Director shall support—

(1)research activities in cross-cutting accelerator technologies including superconducting magnets and accelerators, beam physics, data analytics-based accelerator controls, simulation software, new particle sources, advanced laser technology, and transformative research; and

(2)optimal operation of the Accelerator Test Facility.

(c)Accelerator development

In carrying out the program authorized under subsection (a), the Director shall support partnerships to foster the development, demonstration, and commercial application of accelerator technologies, including advanced superconducting wire and cable, superconducting RF cavities, and high efficiency radiofrequency power sources for accelerators.

(d)Research collaborations

In developing accelerator technologies under the program authorized under subsection (a), the Director shall—

(1)consider the requirements necessary to support translational research and development for medical, industrial, security, and defense applications; and

(2)leverage investments in accelerator technologies and fundamental research in particle physics by partnering with institutions of higher education, industry, and other Federal agencies to enable the commercial application of advanced accelerator technologies.

(e)Authorization of appropriations

Out of funds authorized to be appropriated for the Office of Science in a fiscal year, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out the activities described in this section— (1)

(2)$20,224,800 for fiscal year 2024;

(3)$21,438,288 for fiscal year 2025;

(4)$22,724,585 for fiscal year 2026; and

(5)$24,088,060 for fiscal year 2027.

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42 U.S.C. § 18648

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110