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The entire FMIT experience has served to strengthen the plan- 

 ning, development, and management of our international fusion 

 program activities. 



And now, to conclude on a happier note, I would like to contrast 

 this experience with one of the genuine successes that we have had 

 in fusion, and I think this equally serves to illustrate the points I 

 have tried to make. The United States-Japan cooperation on the 

 Department's Doublet-Ill facility in California is truly one of our 

 great successes. 



In 1979, as a consequence of a meeting between Japanese Minis- 

 ter Fukuda and President Carter, the Japanese Foreign Minister 

 and the Secretary of Energy signed a 20-year agreement for coop- 

 eration in energy R&D, and fusion was one of the main areas of 

 this cooperation. 



This provided the requisite political support for cooperation at 

 the very highest levels. This political support in this case was par- 

 ticularly important because the Japan Atomic Energy Research In- 

 stitute had already formulated plans for a facility similar to the 

 Doublet facility to address the same technical issues, and they were 

 called upon to make the difficult judgment decision to depend upon 

 a foreign facility in place of their own domestic facility. 



Following these 1975 actions, JAERI has provided approximately 

 $70 million to upgrade and operate jointly the Doublet-Ill facility. 

 JAERI supports a team of Japanese physicists who share experi- 

 mental operating time equally with GA technology scientists. 



The scientific and programmatic success of this collaboration is 

 illustrated by the record plasma parameters achieved during this 

 period. It is my evaluation that these parameters were obtained 

 earlier and at less cost than either side could have managed alone. 



Important factors in implementing this cooperative activity were 

 the level of political support, the high priority both participants as- 

 signed to the work, and the continued senior program management 

 involvement in steering committee activities. 



The Doublet-Ill represented plasma physics concerns of equal 

 priority to both the Department of Energy and the Japanese fusion 

 programs. Further, the technical results of the collaboration are 

 important to both programs today and not in the far future. 



In conclusion, I would like to reiterate that the Office of Fusion 

 Energy is committed to international collaboration in fusion as an 

 important resource to achieve the ^ goal of our program. We are 

 managing these activities so that they support high priority pro- 

 gram needs. 



I have attached to my written statement some additional com- 

 ments which might be of interest to you with regard to other ques- 

 tions that your committee is interested in, and I would be pleased 

 to entertain any questions on my oral testimony. 



[The prepared statement of Dr. Clarke follows:] 



