In a letter dated July 17, 2006, the Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) asked the Nuclear Science Advisory Committee (NSAC) to “conduct a study of the opportunities and priorities for United States nuclear physics research and recommend a long range plan that will provide a framework for coordinated advancement of the Nation’s nuclear science research programs over the next decade.” This request set in motion a bottom-up review and forward look by the nuclear science community. With input from this community-wide process, a 59-member working group gathered at the beginning of May 2007, for a week long meeting to develop guidance on how to optimize the future research directions for the field based on the projected resources outlined in the charge letter from DOE and NSF. A new Long Range Plan—The Frontiers of Nuclear Science—grew out of this meeting. What follows is a brief overview of this Plan.
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