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 3. COOPERATIVE ACTIONS UNDER DISCUSSION 



3.1 In the frame of the lEA 



- ASDEX and ASDEX Upgrade (FRG) 



An implementing agreement between the US-DOE and EURATOM is being 

 prepared. Japan has expressed the wish of being kept informed. An 

 exchange of letters of intent between the DOE and IPP confirms the 

 intention of cooperation. This agreement is related to devices 

 possessing a divertor (either "closed" as ASDEX or "open" as 

 ASDEX-Upgrade), which should be used to study the fundamental 

 problem of impurity control, exhaust and refuelling; comparisons 

 with pumped limiters will also be possible. 



- Large Tokamak Experiments 



Cooperation between the large tokamak programmes during their 

 construction phase has been carried out on an informal basis under the 

 framework of the lEA. 



An implementing agreement is under negotiation between the European 

 Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM), the Japanese Atomic Energy 

 Institute (JAERI) and the United States Department of Energy 

 (USDOE). The aim is to enhance the effectiveness and productivity of 

 the research and development of a Tokamak fusion reactor by 

 strengthening the cooperation between the three Large Tokamak 

 Facilities - JET(EURATOM). JT-60(JAERI) and TFTR(USDOE) - and to 

 provide a scientific and technological basis for the development of 

 reactor plasmas; in particular, for the development of devices to 

 follow the Large Tokamak Facilities. The draft agreement covers the 

 exchange of managerial, scientific and technical information, and 

 of equipment, computer codes and personnel. 



3.2 Bilateral cooperative actions 



- CEC/USA I 



The CEC and USA are negotiating a bilateral framework agreement for 

 cooperation in fusion. 



- CEC/Japan I 



Cooperation between CEC and Japan in several fields of science and 

 technology, including fusion, is under consideration. 



- Canada/Japan 



Canada and Japan have made preliminary steps towards drafting a 

 collaboration agreement on fusion between the National Research 

 Council of Canada and JAERI. 



