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What has been learned from U.S. experience with the IAEA that could apply 

 to other fields such as aviation, transfrontier pollution control, communications, 

 or disease control? 



EURATOM 



To what extent should the United States seek to discourage Euratom and its 

 member states from reprocessing spent fuel and recycling plutonium? 



To what extent should the United States encourage Euratom to build and oper- 

 ate a uranium enrichment plant in Europe? 



To what extent should the United States attempt to recoup some of the national 

 investment in nuclear energy through licensing fees, royalties or other charges, 

 or exports of nuclear products and technologies? 



How long should the United States continue its commitment to supply nuclear 

 power in Europe with enriched uranium? What would be the effects on U.S. foreign 

 policv of a decision to end this commitment? 



What participation should the United States seek in the setting of standards 

 by Euratom governing nuclear power plants and related facilities? How much of 

 such participation should be assigned to the Department of State and ERDA? 

 How much should be left to voluntary efforts of the U.S. nuclear industry? 



Should U.S. diplomacy seek to expand Euratom work in radioactive waste 

 disposal and broaden U.S. participation in such work? 



To what extent should U.S. diplomacy seek to influence the Euratom breeder 

 program, particularly towards developments that could provide a fallback if the 

 U.S. breeder demonstration program should fail? 



How should available U.S. resources be divided among Euratom, the OECD 

 Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), and the IAEA? 



What benetits would" accrue from U.S. diplomatic efforts to expand Euratom's 

 programs and laboratories from nuclear energy to fuels and energy in general? 



JOINT ErRATOM-U.S. RESEARCH 



What did the United States learn from the Atomic Energy Commission's 

 participation in the joint U.S. -Euratom research program? What were the strengths 

 and weaknesses of the joint venture? 



What are the implications of these lessons for other joint ventures : for 

 example, in fusion, solar energy, or synthetic fuels from coal? 



To what extent should and could joint ventures with Euratom be revived for 

 radioactive waste management and disposal, development and demonstration of 

 nuclear safeguards technologies, and development of new and improved ways of 

 finding and enriching uranium? 



THE OECD NUCLEAR ENERGY AGENCY 



Should U.S. diplomacy seek to combine Euratom with the NEA? 

 What conclusions can be drawn from the comparative success of NEA relative 

 to Euratom? 



U.S. NUCLEAR FUEL SERVICES 



Should the United States seek to preserve its position as the sole supplier of 

 enriched uranium to the free world? If so, what are the financial and other implica- 

 tions of such a decision? 



What would such a decision imply as to demands on U.S. fuels to supply 

 electricity for enrichment, and as to the environmental consequences of supplying 

 such fuels? 



If the United States is prepared to relinquish its monopoly position, what al- 

 ternatives would best suit U.S. interests: 



— National construction of enrichment facilities? 



— Regional organization to build and operate enrichment facilities? 



— International (IAEA) construction and operation? 



— Encouragement to the Soviet Union to expand its enrichment services? 



In retrospect, how useful and effective were U.S. efforts to hold back develop- 

 ment of the centrifuge method of enrichment? To what extent are new enrichment 

 technologies — for example, centrifuge, laser, nozzle, and other methods — likely to 

 present a technological surprise and open the way to easy proliferation of foreign 

 enrichment capabilities? 



What diplomatic options are open to the United States should the Soviet Union 

 seriously enter the world market for supply of enriched uranium and reprocessing 

 of spent fuels? 



