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APPENDIX 1 (continued) 



INTERNATIONAL BIG SCIENCE COOPERATION SUPPORTED UNDER 

 THE SUMMIT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE 



(4) Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion (U. S. -European Communities co- 

 lead) . The objectives of this project under DOE guidance are to 

 accelerate world development of a new energy source, using inex- 

 haustible fuels and possessing potential erivironmental advantages, 

 and avoid duplication of costly facilities through joint collabo- 

 ration. In 1984, subpanels met to identify and plan future fa- 

 cilities required to establish the feasibility of fusion, to 

 identify near-term fusion physics and technology subjects for col- 

 laboration, and explore reactor concept improvements. 



(5) Fast Breeder Reactor Design (U.S. -France co-lead). Under DOE's 

 purview, this project aims to provide a stable and supportive at- 

 mosphere for facilitating orderly breeder development. In 1984, 

 expanded governmental understandings were reached within Europe 

 for breeder cooperation, and the project's participants are ex- 

 amining other cooperative arrangements among this group. 



(6) Advanced Materials and Standards (U.S. -U.K. co-lead). This proj- 

 ect, under NBS leadership, promoted multilateral collaboration in 

 advanced engineering materials to develop measurement standards 

 and codes of practice for these materials. By harmonizing the 

 regulatory systems for advanced technologies, the interest of 

 free, competitive trade will be advanced. Four technical working 

 groups have been launched in the areas of Wear Test Methods, Sur- 

 face Chemical Analyses, Ceramics, and Polymer Alloys or Blends. 



