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APPENDIX A 

 SCOPE OF WORK* 



A [Committee] on International Cooperation in Magnetic Fusion will be 

 established consisting o£ approximately ten members with broad 

 backgrounds in electrical engineering; plasma physics; fusion 

 technology; fusion reactor design; industrial participation in 

 high-technology projects; energy supply; technology transfer; and the 

 legal, diplomatic, and political aspects of multinational governmental 

 ventures. The [committee] will: 



A. Identify the most important issues in international cooperation 

 in magnetic fusion energy, so that they may be addressed in the 

 study. 



B. Review and discuss alternative courses of cooperation in view 

 of the scientific, technological, and engineering needs of 

 fusion power, these courses being consistent with the areas of 

 greatest competence of participating countries and with 

 reasonable assumptions about future technological progress and 

 international relationships. 



C. Review U.S. goals and objectives for the development of 

 magnetic fusion as they may be phased over time and as they may 

 relate to technological progress, industrial involvement, and 

 selected socioeconomic factors. Compare U.S. goals and 

 objectives with corresponding ones that may be available for 

 the European and Japanese fusion efforts, in order to identify 

 similarities and differences. 



D. Identify and characterize long-term implications of various 

 courses of international cooperation with respect to U.S. 

 goals, drawing as necessary on experience with other instances 

 of international scientific and engineering cooperation. 



E. Recommend courses of future international cooperation as to 

 technical topics, experimental facilities, extent, duration, 

 and structure, drawing as necessary on prior studies. 



♦Excerpted largely from the Notice of Financial Assistance Award from 

 the U.S. Department of Energy to the National Academy of Sciences. 



