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EXPEDITING THE SOLUTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR 



POWER 



Several technological problems for nuclear power technology re- 

 main to be solved before large-scale commercial use of nuclear power 

 is likely to occur, namely, improvements in technology for reactor 

 safety, for perpetual storage of radioactive wastes, and for better ways 

 to dissipate or use waste heat from nuclear power plants. To what ex- 

 tent should U.S. foreign policy and diplomacy seek to encourage Eu- 

 ropean nations, individually or through the Common Market, to per- 

 form research and development on these problems which would be of 

 benefit to the U.S. nuclear industry ? 



ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS FOR NUCLEAR POWER 



The ability of the U.S. nuclear industry, and for that matter of 

 other technologically intensive U.S. industries, to compete in foreign 

 markets will be affected by the setting of international standards and 

 perhaps international regulations. To what extent should U.S. for- 

 eign policy and diplomacy seek to assure a voice for the United States 

 in the setting and application of international standards for the de- 

 sign, construction, and operation of nuclear power plants? Should this 

 concept be encouraged or discouraged ? If international standard set- 

 ting for nuclear power is to be encouraged, what should be the respec- 

 tive roles of the Government and the U.S. nuclear industry in their 

 establishment ? 



PROTECTING THE U.S. POSITION IN URANIUM ENRICHMENT 



Past U.S. policy determinations have judged as advantageous the 

 strong position of the United States as the principal supplier of en- 

 riched uranium or enrichment services in the free world market. To 

 what extent should U.S. diplomacy and foreign policy seek to preserve 

 this position? To what extent should the U.S. attempt to prevent, 

 limit, or control the development and use of alternative enrichment 

 technologies that might threaten U.S. facilities with technological 

 obsolescence, or increase the possibilities of proliferation of foreign 

 capabilities to produce nuclear weapons materials ? 



