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benefit the U.S. position in world trade \ Can export of nuclear power 

 products and services provide the United States with foreign income 

 comparable to that, for example, of aviation exports '. 



A POTENTIAL LIMITATION UPON NUCLEAR POWER FOR FOREIGN POLICY 



The President's energy message of June 1^71 clearly anticipated a 

 growing role for nuclear power in the United States. On the other 

 hand, nuclear power has been under continuing attack in the United 

 States during recent years by those critical of its environmental ef- 

 fects and fearful of the potential dangers of its radioactive wastes. 

 What effect this criticism will have upon the future of nuclear power 

 in the United States remains to be seen. Pending the outcome of this 

 controversy, there may be the question of how far U.S. diplomacy 

 should go in further encouraging the use of nuclear power abroad 

 while it is being challenged at home. 



Foreign Policy for Nuclear Power 



If nuclear power can be used as an clement in U.S. foreign policy, 

 then conversely U.S. foreign policy may be turned to the benefit of 

 the domestic nuclear industry. Several issues in this category of for- 

 eign policy benefits for the U.S. nuclear industry include: 



MAINTAINING THE COMPETITIVE POSITION OF THE U.S. NUCLEAR INDUSTRY 



IN THE WORLD MARKET 



To date, the largest export market for the U.S. nuclear industry 

 has been in Europe. However, as the United Kingdom joins the Euro- 

 pean Economic Community and Euratom, there is the possibility that 

 this market may wish to favor its own internal nuclear industries. 

 What diplomatic measures and foreign policy decisions, if any. would 

 be appropriate to preserve access of the U.S. nuclear industry to the 

 nuclear market of the European Economic Community \ 



FURTHER DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION OF U.S. NUCLEAR 



TECHNOLOGY ABROAD 



The long-term future of nuclear power will require the commercial 

 use of the breeder reactor. The nuclear industries of the United States 

 and Europe are seeking to complete the development and demonstra- 

 tion of breeder technology. The U.S. nuclear industry has chosen to 

 concentrate its efforts on the liquid metal fast breeder reactor, one of 

 several technological approaches. This decision lias provoked the cril i- 

 cism that too much is being risked on the success of one approach. 

 To what extent should U.S. diplomacy and foreign policy seek to en- 

 courage European governments and nuclear industries to develop and 

 demons! rate alternal ives to the I \S. approach \ To what extent could 

 diplomatic and foreign policy measures reduce the barriers to the flow 

 of technical information on breeder technologies from European nu- 

 clear industries, keeping in mind that trade secrecy is often applied in 

 Europe at an earlier stage of industrial development than in the 

 United States? 



