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D: SUPPLEMENTARY STATEMENT
Pages 81-84

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... But the tasking to the committee from DOE did not list cost reduction as an objective, and the committee was left with the unenviable job of devising a set of objectives for the basic research program that is itself supposed to provide new ideas for a cleanup program pursuing its D.1
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From page 82...
... The only "something" available is basic research, which has the potential to generate useful new knowledge. The job of deciding how a basic research program could be structured to help was left to DOE (the very organization the Congress said was not paying enough attention to the subject)
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From page 83...
... . The research might be less closely tied to the current aspirations of EM that way, but will surely not be the finest basic research if it is even partially managed by people whose immediate
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From page 84...
... over the long term, ~ ~ , 0 0 0 that basic research pays off In applications. Let there be no mistake: r am a working scientist, and believe deeply in the power of basic research to provide the truth that sets us free.
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