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Addicional Comments 

 en International Cooperation 



The U.S. fusion program has been involved in international cooperation for 

 about 30 years. Based on that experience, I feel we can contribute to the 

 discussion on the three sets of issues which the Science Policy Task Force 

 is considering in its hearings on international cooperation. The oral 

 testimony has addressed some of the points and focused on two examples. 

 What follows are my additional comments on the major issues identified in 

 your letter, namely, (1) major international cooperation in fusion, (2) the 

 impact of international cooperation on research priorities, and (3) coordi- 

 nation and management of international cooperative research. I will confine 

 my remarks to the Fusion program. Others are addressing these points for 

 the Department of Energy and for the Government as a whole. 



Major International Cooperation in Fusion 



Over the past several years, the level of scientific cooperation in fusion 

 has increased as measured by the number of agreements and personnel 

 exchanges. Earlier exploratory efforts are now leading to new agreements. 

 As domestic funding for new facilities in each program becomes more limited, 

 the incentive for international collaboration to help fund these facilities 

 Is also expected to increase. There has been a substantial increase of 

 cooperative activities in the technology development area recently. This 

 has come about because other programs in the EC and Japan are beginning to 

 assemble and implement technology-oriented plans comparable to ours. This 

 comparability provides the necessary basis for collaboration. 



