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Question 3: What Is the trend of International collaboration in magnetic 

 fusion energy? Is it increasing, decreasing or remaining relatively 

 constant? 



Answer: The trend over the past decade has been one of increasing 



international collaborative activities in magnetic fusion energy research 



and development. This increase is manifest in various ways. The number of 



individual activities has increased. The breadth of the topics Included in 



the international activities has increased from a science orientation to a 



fully comprehensive set of science and technology activities. The range of 



participants has also increased to include all major and modest sized fusion 



programs worldwide. The most significant trend has been from activities 



whose programmatic priority was modest, relative to those with the highest priority 



such as the burning physics issue now being discussed in the Summit process. 



