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THERE ARE A HOST OF CONSIDERATIONS 



THAT MUST BE RESOLVED IN IMPLEMENTATION , 



BUT THESE APPEAR WORKABLE 



In the course of its domestic workshops and its two 

 overseas trips, the connnittee covered a wide range of topics 

 concerned with international cooperation in the development 

 of controlled magnetically confined fusion. The study 

 considered "cooperation" in the general sense of acting with 

 others for mutual benefit on either a small or a large scale 

 and "collaboration" in a somewhat more specific sense of 

 'working actively together as approximately equal partners in 

 sizeable enterprises. 



The various meetings identified three qualitatively 

 different paths to fusion energy that are open to the United 

 States, 



1) To make the commitment to become the all-out 

 competitive leader in all its aspects 



2) To engage in large-scale international 

 collaboration 



3) To withdraw with the intent of purchasing the 

 developed technology from others in the future. 



