REPLACED , APPROXIMATELY 45,6 MILLION ECU OF THE SUM ESTIMATED NECESSARY FOR THE PRECEDING PROGRAMME , EXCLUSIVE OF JET ( JOINT EUROPEAN TORUS ) , AND SOME 72 MILLION ECU OF THE SUM ESTIMATED TO BE NECESSARY FOR THE PRECEDING PROGRAMME FOR THE JET PROJECT WILL NOT HAVE BEEN USED ; WHEREAS THESE AMOUNTS CAN BE ASSIGNED TO THE NEW PROGRAMME ; WHEREAS SUCH ASSIGNMENT , TOGETHER WITH THE FACT THAT THE PROGRAMME EMBRACES ALL WORK CARRIED OUT IN THE MEMBER STATES IN THIS FIELD , MUST BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN DETERMINING THE AMOUNTS ESTIMATED TO BE NECESSARY FOR THE EXECUTION OF THE NEW PROGRAMME ;
WHEREAS , IN VIEW OF THE EXTENT OF THE EFFORT NEEDED TO REACH THE STAGE OF APPLICATIONS OF CONTROLLED THERMONUCLEAR FUSION WHICH COULD BE OF BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY , PARTICULARLY IN THE WIDER CONTEXT OF THE SECURITY OF ITS LONG-TERM ENERGY SUPPLIES , THE WORK HITHERTO UNDERTAKEN IN THIS FIELD MUST CONTINUE ON A JOINT BASIS AT ITS VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT ;
WHEREAS THE RESEARCH PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION CONSTITUTES AN ADEQUATE MEANS OF PURSUING SUCH ACTION AND IT IS , CONSEQUENTLY , IN THE COMMON INTEREST TO ADOPT A MULTIANNUAL PROGRAMME IN THE FIELD OF CONTROLLED THERMONUCLEAR FUSION , THE EXISTENCE OF WHICH IS , MOREOVER , NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN THIS FIELD ;
WHEREAS CONTINUATION OF THE PROGRAMME SHOULD BE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING STRATEGY :
- PURSUIT OF A SUBSTANTIAL PROGRAMME BASED ON THE TOKAMAK ROUTE TO A DEMONSTRATION REACTOR ; COMPLETION OF THE FIRST STAGE OF THE PROGRAMME FORMED BY THE JET PROJECT WITH ITS EXTENSIONS AND BY THE FULL EXPLOITATION OF THE DEVICES IN EXISTENCE OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THE ASSOCIATIONS ,
- CONTINUATION OF THE DEFINITION AND PREDESIGN OF THE SECOND STAGE OF THE TOKAMAK PROGRAMME , THE NEXT EUROPEAN TORUS ( NET ) AND PURSUIT OF THE TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS NECESSARY TO ITS DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION AND OF THOSE NEEDED IN THE LONGER TERM FOR THE FUSION REACTOR ,
- INVESTIGATION , DEPENDING ON THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE , OF ALTERNATIVE CONFINEMENT SYSTEMS , CONCENTRATING ON REVERSED FIELD PINCHES AND STELLARATORS , SUBJECT TO PERIODIC REASSESSMENT OF THEIR REACTOR POTENTIAL COMPARED WITH THAT OF THE TOKAMAK ;
WHEREAS THIS STRATEGY SHOULD BE REVIEWED WHEN A DECISION IS TAKEN ON LAUNCHING D-T OPERATION IN JET AND ON LAUNCHING THE DETAILED DESIGN OF NET ;
WHEREAS THE RESEARCH PROGRAMME OF THE JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE ADOPTED BY DECISION 84/1/EURATOM , EEC ( 6 ) PROVIDES FOR PARTICIPATION BY THE JRC IN THE FIELD OF NET AND TECHNOLOGY ;
WHEREAS SWEDEN , SWITZERLAND AND SPAIN ARE ASSOCIATED WITH COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF CONTROLLED THERMONUCLEAR FUSION ;
WHEREAS THE COMMUNITY SHOULD CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE THE CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN EQUIPMENT RELATING TO PROJECTS ACCORDED PRIORITY STATUS , SUPPORT FOR JET AND NET BY THE ASSOCIATIONS AND CERTAIN DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FIELD OF FUSION TECHNOLOGY BY GRANTING A PREFERENTIAL RATE OF PARTICIPATION IN EXPENDITURE