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own machine to learn the technology of fusion. Tliis view precludes 

 the strategy of a single world machine. By contrast, the Summit 

 Working Group recommends that parties "review the advantages and 

 disadvantages of one single comprehensive project versus several 

 interdependent, complementary, and partially sequential machines." 



French officials were cool to the concept of TFCX. They perceived 

 TFCX as more a matter of political expediency to maintain U.S. 

 momentum than a matter of sound scientific investigation. Most of the 

 Europeans believe that (1) the present TPCX designs are not 

 sufficiently ambitious — for example, spending an additional 50 percent 

 would more than double the value of the device — and (2) the insertion 

 into the world scene of a device like TFCX might delay NET, which they 

 regard as more fully committed. A "reasonable" share of TFCX costs 

 (over $100 million) would be extremely difficult tor EC to commit. 

 Even to help support EMIT would require the difficult process of 

 requesting supplemental funding. Some of the European reluctance to 

 express any interest in an ignition experiment like TFCX is certainly 

 attributable to their waiting for the performance of JET to be 

 understood better. 



Technology Projects 



The EC program seems in clear need of access to FMIT or equivalent, as 

 well as other technology development work. However, the EC 

 inclination is not to contribute to the construction costs of FMIT; 

 and no funds are in the 1985-1989 budget for it. One the other hand, 

 one French official did favor finding money for the operation of FMIT. 



The opportunity to cooperate on TORE SUPRA is offered to the United 

 States. TORE SUPRA may critically need U.S. support to maintain 

 position in EC. 



The future of the International Tokamak Reactor (commonly known as 

 INTOR) study is pending, with U.K. and French officials not persuaded 

 of the merit of further effort. 



AGREEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION 



The Unity of the Program of the European Community 



The EC program is extremely stable and long-term. It has provided 

 significant benefits that would not have been realized otherwise, such 

 as division of labor, concentration of effort, mobility of personnel, 

 establishment of JET, and significant participation of European 

 industry. These features are valued so much by the Member States that 

 the continuation of the unity of the program will certainly be sought 

 as a feature of wider international cooperation. Furthermore, all 

 member countries would insist that wider cooperation be carried out 

 only via the framework of EC, rather than by direct national 

 agreements. 



