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... technology and subsystems; evaluates applications, beyond those of uranium enrichment, suggested by Lawrence Liverm ore National Laboratory (LLNL3 and a wide range of U.S. industries and individuals; recommends further work on several applications; recommends the provision of facilities for evaluating potential new applications; and recommends the full involvement of end users from the very beginning in the development of any application Specifically excluded from this report is an evaluation of the main AVLIS minions, uranium ennthment and purification of plutonium for weapons.
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... Only in this way will management decisions be governed by the ultimate market potential for a research and development program rather than by the perpetuation of the program for its con sake.
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