CELEX: 51982PC0159
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Date: 1982-03-29
Title: AMENDING THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION ADOPTING A RESEARCH AND TRAINING PROGRAMME (1982-1986) IN THE FIELD OF CONTROLLED THERMONUCLEAR FUSION (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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              AMENDING THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION ADOPTING A
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The Commission presented to the Council on 23 July 1981 , a Proposal, for a
Council Decision adopting a research and training programme ( 1982-1986 )
in the field of controlled thermonuclear fusion (doc C0M(81 ) 357 final ) .
The European Parliament , consulted by letter on 24 August 1981 by the
President of the Council , has adopted on 12 March 1982 an advice in which
it approves this Proposal , provided that the Commission endorses the
amendments given in ANNEX (underlined text) .
These amendments are essentially in agreement with the recommendations of
the "European Fusion Review Panel " (Doc , SEC ( 81 ) 1933 ) and with the moti­
vation of the initial proposal by the Commission .
The Commission , on the basis of article 112 §2 of the Treaty establishing
the EAEC , modifies its initial proposal , introducing all the amendments pro­
posed by the Parliament and presents to the Council the Modification given
in ANNEX .
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                              Modification
                 to the Proposal for a Council Dscisicn
         adopting a research and training programme ( 1382-1286 )
         in the field of controlled thermonuclear fusion
Initial proposal            ,                       Modified proposal
(doc . COM(81)357f inal )                           ( amendments are underlined )
                  Preamble and first Recital unchanged
         Second Recital                             Second Recital
Whereas , m view of the considerable          Whereas 9 m view of the considerable
efforts needed to reach the appli­             efforts needed to reach the appli­
cation stage of controlled thermonu­           cation stage of controlled thermonu­
clear fusion , which could be of               clear fusion , which could be of
benefit to the Community , particularly        benefit to the Community , particularly
in the wider context of the security           in the wider context of the security
of its long-term energy supplies , the         of its long-term energy supplies , the
various stages of development of the           various stages of development of the
work hitherto undertaken in this field         work hitherto undertaken in this field
should continue on a joint basis ;             should ^continue on a joint basis ,
                                               attaching great importance to the
                                               strategy of concentrating effort on
                                               the Tokamak line and sizeable effort on
                                               two alternative lines in magnetic
                                               confinement , the reverse field pinch
                                               and stellarators , given a periodic
                                               reassessment of the reactor relevance
                                               of these lines compared with that
                                               of the Tokamak :
 ---pagebreak---         Third Recital                               Third Recital
Whereas the scientific progress achieved       Whereas the scientific progress achieved
in this field in recent years in the           in this field in recent years in the
Community and the rest of the world            Community and the rest of the world
illustrates the need , particularly for        illustrates the need , particularly for
Tokamak systems , to construct larger          Tokamak systems , to construct larger
and more complex devices and to concen­        and more complex devices and to concen­
trate in particular on the development         trate in particular on the development
of plasma heating techniques ;                 of plasma heating techniques , attaching
                                               greater importance to expe riments relating
                                               to igni tion with compact devices having
                                               a high magnetic f ield ? if the feasibili ty
                                               thereof has been proved ;
                 The other Recitals and the four Articles unchanged
                                   ANNEX
                      CONTROLLED THERMONUCLEAR FUSION
 1.   The subject matter of the programme      Unchanged
      to be executed shall be :
 ( a) plasma physics in the sector             Unchanged
      concerned , in particular studies
      of a basic character relating to
      confinement with suitable devices
      and to methods for producing and
      heating plasma ;
 (b ) research into the confinement , in       Unchanged
      closed configurations , of plasma
      of widely varying density and tem­
      perature ;
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( c) research into light-matter inter­             Unchanged
     actions and transport phenomena
     and the development of high-power
     lasers ;
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     confinement devices of sufficient
     powerful plasma heating methods ;
(e)  improvement of diagnostic methods ;           Unchanged
(f)  definition of the large device cons-          Unchanged
     titutmg the next step after JET and
     technological developments required
     for its design and construction as
     well as those needed in the longer
     term for the fusion reactor
( g) completion of the construction of             Unchanged
     the JET device in its basic perfor­
     mance ; extension of JET to full
     performance ; operation and exploi­
     tation of JET .
                                                   The work referred to in (b ) must be
                                                   pursued having regard to progress else­
                                                   where in the world in order to establish
                                                   a position for mutual technical exchanges
                                                   whenever cooperation m a larger inter­
                                                   national framework . takes place .
                            The remainder of the Annex unchanged