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leading role in promoting cooperative approaches to the mutual 

 energy concerns of the free world. 



The International Energy Agency (lEA) has just published 

 an Energy Technology Policy Study which supports international 

 collaboration 1) as a means of reducing risks; 2) to allow next 

 steps to be taken in the design, development, construction and 

 operation of very costly experimental facilities which may be 

 difficult or impossible for a single country to support; 3) to 

 increase the efficiency or pace of R&D; and 4) when the R&D has 

 unique transboundary implications. 



The leaders of the Economic Summit process approve annual 

 reports from the Working Group on Technology, Growth and 

 Employment which is exploring the prospects for greater 

 international collaboration in 18 areas including four of 

 primary interest to DOE, namely, high energy physics, magnetic 

 fusion, photovoltaics, and fast breeder reactors. 



Finally, it is expected that Secretary Herrington, along 

 with other Energy Ministers of the lEA Member Countries, will 

 endorse the concept of increased international collaboration at 

 the lEA Ministerial meeting this July. We anticipate that this 

 will facilitate further efforts to increase international 

 collaboration, including sharing program plans with other 

 countries, coordinating, and where possible, jointly designing 

 our programs to take greater advantage of the ongoing and 

 planned work in the various participating countries. 



