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INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN DOE'S MAGNETIC 



CONFINEMENT FUSION PROGRAM 1 



Objectives, scope, and methodology 1 



Overview of the U.S. magnetic 



confinement fusion program 2 



Policy and strategy for international 



cooperation in fusion energy R&D 4 



International cooperative efforts 



and DOE'S strategy to achieve fusion 



R&D objectives 7 



Impact of international cooperative 

 efforts on the United States' ability 

 to maintain world leadership in fusion 

 energy development 10 



Problems encountered 12 



Industry's role 13 



LETTER DATED JANUARY 16, 1984, FROM DOE'S 

 ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT AND 

 ADMINISTRATION 15 



LETTER DATED JANUARY 13, 1984, FROM THE 



DEPARTMENT OF STATE'S COMPTROLLER 16 



LETTER DATED JANUARY 19, 1984, FROM THE OFFICE 

 OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY'S ASSISTANT 

 DIRECTOR 19 



ABBREVIATIONS 

 DOE Department of Energy 

 GAO General Accounting Office 

 OSTP Office of Science and Technology Policy 

 R&D research and development 



