Our comments will perhaps assist you as you set forth the NRC position. CSNI reports cover the full scope of reactor safety concerns and are prepared by leading technical experts from the primary technical research laboratories and agencies of the member countries. Current CSNI efforts contribute to U.S. programs in extended burnup reactor fuels, high-pressure melt ejection, direct containment heating, accident management, and steam explosions. Clearly, the CSNI has demonstrated the ability to keep pace with real concerns in nuclear safety. Furthermore, these efforts have resulted in substantial savings in U.S. research costs.
Nuclear safety is truly an international concern.
If the NEA did not exist, we would soon be convinced that it should be invented. We believe that the suggested U.S. withdrawal from the NEA is shortsighted.