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The United States, the European Community, and Japan are actively 

 considering whether worthwhile advantages lie in increased cooperation 

 among their respective programs of research and development in 

 magnetically confined fusion. To help answer that question for the 

 United States, this report examines why cooperation is a policy 

 option, what might be done, and how. 



LIST OF CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 



For convenient reference the conclusions and recommendations of the 

 study are collected together in this section apart from the arguments 

 that lead up to them. The various supporting arguments are briefly 

 developed at later points in the Summary, whereupon the conclusion or 

 recommendation is stated anew. 



The most important inferences from the many facts and viewpoints 

 examined by the committee may be expressed in six specific conclusions: 



o On balance, there are substantial potential benefits of 



large-scale international collaboration in the development of 



fusion energy , 

 o A window in time for large-scale international collaboration is 



now open , 

 o Large-scale international collaboration can be achieved, but 



not quickly , 

 o International collaboration will require stable international 



commitments , 

 o There is a host of considerations that must be resolved in the 



implementation, but these appear workable . 

 o Past cooperation provides a sound basis for future efforts . 



