Question: What forms of participation in SSC has DOE decided to accept? Answer: DOE prefers unrestricted grants, qualified and needed manpower and services, and will consider accepting in-kind contributions. Question: Answer: What forms of participation are under consideration but not yet accepted? We are not considering other forms of participation at the Question 3: Answer: What foreign nations will you be talking to in seeking We will initially be talking primarily to the Economic Summit Question: Answer: What are the strengths of each of these nations in relation the In addition to a long tradition of collaborating with the U.S. in high energy physics research, they have the economic, industrial, scientific resource base and capability to make a contribution to the SSC program. Question 4: Answer: What is your goal for the dollar value of foreign participation in the SSC project? The goal is to maximize contributions from non-Federal sources. The State of Texas will contribute up to $1 billion for the construction of on-site facilities and other SSC systems. The Department is seeking the remainder from other nations, and is beginning negotiations as early as June 1990. Although the goal is to obtain up to one-third from non-Federal sources, a specific dollar value of these contributions will depend on the success of these discussions. |