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Propos.!fora
COUNSELDECISION
■.* :
amendingtheCouncilDec's-'onof17December197J
adoptingafive-year -ehand ■brainingprogramme
of-theETECinthefieldoffusionandplasma,physics
inordertoincludethereinthenecessaryfiendsfor
executionofthepreparatory phaseoftheJET(Joint
EuropeanTorus.)project
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission;
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1. XII/if79/7^-E
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EXPIiîTAK-FT MEMDRMIXJM
Tiie Council ,when making its Decision of17December 1973 amending
theCouncil Decision of21June 1971 adopting afive-year research
and training programme oftheEAEC inthe field offusion and
plasma physics (Doc .R/3133/73 (ATO 17*0 andDoc .R/3182 (AT0173)),
wrote astatement into the minutes tothe effect that ithad ta­
ken anote oftheCommission' sintention toput forward anewpro­
gramme proposal inSeptember 197^foranincrease of2million
u.a .intheappropriation for thepreparatory phase oftheJET
project .
The Council undertook toact onthis proposal within three months
and expressed afavourable attitude towards theapplication tobe
made bytheCommission for the transfer ofanappropriation of2
million u.a .from Chapter 98ofthegeneral part ofthebudget to
Title 9ofChapter 33inthe197^Budget ,qualified bythefollow­
ingnote :"This appropriation isintended tocover anycommitments
relating tolong-term orders for thepreparatory phase ofJET "but
ismay not betransferred toChapter 3-20 ,"Fusion ",until the
Council has given afavourable decision .ontheproposal for aPro­
gramme Decision which theCommission will submit onthis point in
September 197^"»
On2April 197^»theCouncil decided totransfer anappropriation
of2million u.a .within Section IIIofthe197^Budget from Chap­
ter98"Non-allocated provisional appropriations ",toChapter 33
"Expenditure onresearch and investment ",assigned toChapter
9.^0 "Provisional appropriations forthe "Controlled thermonu-v
clear fusion andplasma physics "inthestatement ofrevenue emd
expenditure relating toresearch andinvestment activities ,i£
being understood that this appropriation isintended tocover any
commitments relating tolong-term orders fertile preparatory phage
ofJET ,

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but which may not betransferred toChapter 3-20 "Fusion "until
theCouncil has given afavourable decision ontheproposal for
aprogramme decision which the Commission will submit onthis
point inSeptember 197^«
4.Pursuant toArticle 21oftheFinancial Regulation of25April
1973i theEuropean Parliament wasconsulted onthis application
for atransfer byaletter dated March .
5*TheCommission and its associated partners ,acting inaccordance
with theprogramme decision of17December 1973 »have setupa
team ofresearch workers and technologists from every fusion labo­
ratory ,empowered todevise thedetailed project foralarge ma­
chine oftheTokamak-type (JET -"Joint European Torus "). The
work ofthis team ,carried outwith thecooperation ofresearch
workers from all theassociated laboratories ,iscovered bya
single contract between theCommission and all its associated
partners (JET .Contract ,Doc .XII/52^/73)«
6.Theleader oftheJETproject team ,acting inaccordance with Ar­
:tide 9ofthe abovementioned Contract ,has forwarded tothe Super­
'visory Board thereports setting outtheproject 'sbasic parame­
ters anddesigns ,thetechnical specifications which theJET site
must fulfil ,aforecast ofthe staff and equipment required during
theconstruction andexperimental phases ,acost estimate for a
particular size ofmachine and abar chart for thevarious phases
ofthe project .
..7*TheSupervisory Board ,acting onbehalf ofall thepartners ,has
metmore than tentimes toensure proper fulfilment ofthe objec­
tives ofthe JET contract . :•
Atits 10th meeting ,itgave itsapproval tothebroad outlines
ofthepreliminary project while taking account of .thecomments
ofthepartners and oftheproject Scientific Committee byre­
stricting thepossibilities oflater changes intheparameters to
.asingle option . .„

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TheCommission ,acting inaccordance with theCouncil Decision of
2April 1974 (Doc .R/839/74(ATO40))ontransfers ofappropriations
forcommitments and .payments for theFusion Programme andwith the
terms ofContract No30-74-1FUAC which covers thepreparatory phase
oftheJETproject ,after having consulted theCoordinating Committee ,
asks theCouncil toadopt theprogramme decision annexed hereto inor­
derthat 2million u.a .may betransferred from Title 9*40 oftheCom­
munities *research budget toTitle 3«20 ,theFusion Programme ofthat
budget .Thepurpose ofthis transfer istoenable long-term orders to
beplaced ,subject toclauses forcancellation on31December I975 »
from the first quarter of1975 ancLafter theoutline oftheproject
hasbeen fixed bytheCommission and itsassociated partners andrecord­
edinawritten agreement ,soastoallow forpossible construction of
theJETdevice under thefourth five-year programme oftheCommunity .
These orders cover theconstruction ofprototype components using ap­
propriate equipment ,andinparticular theconstruction of:
(1)rigid sectors andbellows ofthevacuum vessel ;
(2)thetoroidal field coil
(3)thepoloidal field coil 5
(4)thevacuum switch ,
theordering ofthenecessary rawmaterials (copper ,inconel ,molybde­
num )and .thecompletion ofthefinal drawings ofthespecial buildings
required tohouse theequipment .

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Rev.2
PROPOSAL FORACOUÏFCILDECISIOH
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOBttlUlNFITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanAtomicEnergy -
Community,andinparticularArticle7thereof;
■■■■•• ' ' |
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommissionsubmittedaftercon­
sultationwiththeScientificandTechnicalCommittee ;
WhereasbyaDecisionof21June1971(l)»asamendedbytheDecisionsof
14May1973and17December1973(2),theCounciladoptedaresearch
andtrainingprogrammeinthefieldoffusionandplasmaphysics;
(I)OJNoL143of29June1971,P«33
(2)OJNoL153of9June1973,p.17
OJNoL30of4Febr.1974,p.10

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Whereastheresultsalreadyobtainedinthecourseofthisprogrammeshow
thatitisdesirabletoundertakedetailedstudiestoserveasabasisfor
asubsequentdecisiontoprovidetheCommunitywithalargemachineofthe
Tokamaktype(JET:"JointEuropeanSorus");whereastoavoiddelayitis
desirabletostartonthepreparatoryphaseoftheprojectduring1975»
withoutprejudice,however,toafinaldecisiontoproceedtothecon­
structionphaseoftheprojectduring1975J
Whereas,inordertoensurethecontinuityofthesaidfive-yearprogramme
whichismoreovertobelookeduponinthewideroontextofthesecurityof
thelong-termenergysuppliesoftheCommunity,itmustaccordinglybe
adequatelysupplementwithregardtotheoperationstobeconductedduring
1974and1975?
Whereastheabove–mentioned developments callforanincreaseinstaff
mobility:
HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS:
Article1
Article2oftheDecisionof21June1971,asamended(l)isreplacedbythe
following:
"Theupperlimitforexpenditure commitmentsinrespectofthis
programmeshallbe73«1millionunitsofaccountandthenumberof
staffnecessaryforitsimplementation shallbe112Communityservants
plus20temporaryCommunityservants,theunitofaccountbeingas
definedinArticle10oftheFinancialRegulationof25April1973
applicabletothegeneralbudgetoftheEuropeanCommunities(2)"
(l)0JHoL153of9June1973,p.17
0JNoL30of4Pebr.1974,p.10
(2)OJNoL116of1May1973,p.1

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Rev.2
Article 2
TheAnnex totheDecision of21June I97I »asamended (1),isreplaced
■faytheAnnex tothis Decision ,
Done atBrussels ,
For the Council
The President
(I)OJNoL153Of9June 1973 ,p.I7
OJNoL30of4Fehr.1974 ,p.IO

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AHOX
FUSIONANDPLASMAPHYSICS
I.Thesubject-matter oftheprogrammetobeexecutedbytheassociated
laboratories shallbe:
-generalphysicsinthefieldconcerned,inparticularstudiesofa
basiccharacterorrelatingtoconfinementofplasmawithsuitable
devicesandtomethodsforproducingandheatingplasmas .;
-researchonthaconfinement inclosedandopen-endedconfigurations
ofplasmaofwidelyvaryingdensityandtemperature ;
-productionofandresearchonplasmaofhighandveryhighdensity;
-improvement ofdiagnostics methodss
-investigation oftechnological problemsconnectedwithcurrentre­
searchandofproblemsrelatingtothermonuclear reactortechnology :
-thedesignphaseandthepreparatory phaseoftheJETproject.
Thisworkshallbecarriedoutbymeansofassociationcontracts.
2.TheprogrammesetoutinpointIshallbopartofalong-termcoopera­
tiveprojectembracingallworkcarriedoutintheMemberStatesin
thefieldoffusionandplasmaphysics.Itisdesignedtoleadindue
coursetothejointconstruction andprototypeswithaviewtotheir
industrialproductionandmarketing.

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3.Anamount of73.1million units ofaccount shall beallocated tothis
programme and theupper limit forstaff shall befixed at112permanent
servants and 20temporary servants .This amount isintended tocover :
-theexpenditure onequipimnt concerned with operations already under­
taken orto "beundertaken during thelast twoyears oftheprogramme
which areaccorded priority status andspecified inpoint 5i
-theexpenditure relating tothedesign phase andpreparatory phase
ofthelarge Tokamak JETproject ;
-thecost ofstaff mobility ;
-other expenditure relating tooperations to "becarried outunder this
programme .
4*Within theupper limit of73,1 million units ofaccount :
(a)amaximum e„mount of17.8 million units ofaccount shall beallocated
tothefinancing oftheoperations specified inpoint 5Fhich have
been orare tobeundertaken ,astandard preferential rate ofpar­
ticipation not–exceeding 44/«being applied .Inreturn ,allmembers
oftheassociation shall have theright totake part intheexpe­
riments ,carried outwith this equipment ;
(b)amaximum amount of1.25 million units ofaccount shall beset
aside forexpenditure forensuring mobility ofresearch staff of
theMember States inorder toenable them towork intheassociates
laboratories ortheJETWorking Party ; *
(c)amaximum amount of3.6million units ofaccount shall besetaside
forexpenditure incurred inthefirst design phase andtheprepara­
tory phase oftheJETproject .

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Thisamountshallbeusedtoenabletheworkcarriedoutbyway
ofcontractsotherthanassociationcontractstobeentirelyfi­
nancedbytheCoraminsion,andtoprovideupto0.6millionunits
ofaccountsoastoincreaseitsparticipation intheworkcarried
outfortheJETprojectintheassociatedlaboratories toabout
44%.
(d)theamountnotsetasidefortheoperationsandexpenditurerefer­
redtoinsections(a),(b)and(c)shallformtheupperlimitcf
financialparticipation bytheCommvnityinotherexpenditure of
theassociations ,intheirmanagementandinsupportoftheJET
project.Thisparticipation shallbeatastandardrateofabout
25*fo.Bywayofderogationfromthisprinciple,thisrateshall
beincreasedtoamaximumof30$fortheEuratom-CITEN-CIilRAsso­
ciation,rhichwillfartherbenefitfromtheassumption bythe
programmeoftheexpensesinrespectoftheEuratomstaffseconded
thereto.
Afterconductingatechnicalexamination ofthevariousprojectsthe
Commission mayfinance,withinthefollowingupperlimits,theopera­
tionsmentioned "below,whichareaccordedprioritystatus:
-low-betastellarator andTokamak II.8millionu.a.
-screwpinchandhigh-betastellarator 3«3millionu.a.
-heatingandinjectionprocesses I.9millionu.a.
-veryhighdensityprocesses 1.4millionu.a.
-open-endedconfigurations 0.5millionu.a.
-reactortechnology 0.9millionu.a.