The Federal Republic of Germany and the International Cooperation in the Nuclear Field

The questions of international cooperation in the field of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes arise the increasing interest of all political and economic interested parties of our nation. This rising sympathy reflects the awareness, that due to the fast development of nuclear energy, in detail a hardly assessable process, a new technical revolution is in the offing which for the further economic development of the European states and not least our country itself will be in view of the current inferior position in comparison to the leading nuclear powers, of paramount importance. By all necessity of catching up the scientific and technical development at national level, the conviction is more and more confirmed that joint efforts both in the European and global area are necessary to make full use of the tremendous possibilities of nuclear energy for peaceful progress. It is appropriate and valuable, already for determining the own point of view for the further participation in international cooperation within the nuclear field, to gain from time to time an overview and to take stock on existing organisation as well as different projects and plans. For this purpose the following lines are intended, without demanding completeness in all details. I may initially pay attention to the entirely or predominant economic committees for cooperation followed by bilateral and multilateral facts and projects.