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A. Recomnendations for Early Action 



(1) As is described in Section III, the Subpanel found there to be a 

 considerable degree of international cooperation in the areas 

 assigned to us, but in some cases the formal agreements needed to 

 facilitate cooperation are pending approval. The relevant 

 agreements are: 



U.S. -Japan Bilateral Agreement Active 



lEA Stellarator/Heliotron Agreement Pending 

 lEA RFP Agreement Pending 



We recommend that the pending agreements be implemented as soon as 

 possible, including all necessary procedures regarding patents, 

 expenses for personnel and other necessary administrative matters. 



(2) The subpanel notes the necessity to avoid unnecessary duplication 

 of effort in the research areas within our charge in order to 

 optimize the use of world resources. As is discussed in Section 

 III, three methods that have proved effective in the past in 

 dealing with this question are: 



(a) Periodic workshops that bring together scientists from all 

 countries engaged in a particular field to discuss their 

 results and future plans (see Table III). 



(b) Personnel exchanges between countries in order to maximize the 

 use of existing facilities and the information derived from 

 them to the benefit of all interested countries (see 



Table IV). 



(c) Input from foreign experts in the technical review of proposed 

 new facilities. This both provides useful advice to National 

 programs and enhances the interest of foreign scientists in 

 participating in cooperative research. 



We recommend that these methods be continued and extended as 

 appropriate. This would be facilitated by the formal agreements 

 recommended above. As noted in Section HID above, different 

 countries will participate to different degrees depending on their 

 current interest in a given concept. 



B. Topics for Further Consideration 



The Subpanel also considered longer term questions that will become 

 important by the end of the decade and which may or may not be 

 adequately dealt with by the above recommendations. We believe our 

 reconmended actions will lay the groundwork for a more extensive 

 collaborative planning process when it is needed a few years hence. 



