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... Burning Plasma Organization, Planning for U.S. Fusion Community Participation in the ITER Program, June 7, 2006.
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... fusion energy goals, to participate in obtaining important scientific results on burning plasmas from ITER, and to be an effective participant in and beneficiary of future international scientific collaborations. • Consistent with previous National Research Council and Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee reports, the committee emphasizes that a vigorous and strategically balanced domestic program is required to ensure that U.S.
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... • The committee recommends that the following goals be adopted as the foundation of DOE planning activities for U.S. participa tion in ITER: -- Ensuring broad academic and industry participation in ITER, --  nabling the United States to contribute substantially to and E reap the rewards from ITER, and -- Recruiting and training young fusion scientists and engineers.
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... --  alance in the fraction of U.S. published research conducted on B ITER according to authors' institutional affiliations (university, national laboratory, and industry)
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