ROLE OF SISTER LABORATORIES IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

AN ON-GOING PROJECT (3910314) ESTABLISHED AN INITIAL BUT UNSTRUCTURED TECHNOLOGY EXCHANGE BETWEEN ORNL AND PINS; THIS PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO FURTHER SOLIDIFY THIS RELATIONSHIP AND DEMONSTRATE THAT TIES BETWEEN SUCH "SISTER LABORATORIES" CAN RESULT IN IMMEDIATE CONTRIBUTIONS TO NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS. PROJECT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN FIVE PHASES. PHASE 1 WILL BE FINANCED BY FUNDS FROM PROJECT 3910314. UNDER THIS PHASE, PAST APPROACHES TO EXECUTING TECHNOLOGY EXCHANGES BETWEEN SISTER LABORATORIES WILL BE ANALYZED AND THE IMPACT OF THESE EXCHANGES ON PAKISTAN"S PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT NEEDS WILL BE REVIEWED. THE OUTPUT OF PHASE 1 (AS WELL AS THE OTHER PHASES) WILL GENERALLY REPRESENT THE COMBINED EFFORTS OF SPECIALISTS FROM THE AEC, ORNL, PINS, AID/W, AND USAID/PAKISTAN. ADDITIONALLY, THREE PAKISTANIS WILL BE STATIONED AT THE ORNL DURING THE LIFE OF THE PROJECT, AND SIX AEC SPECIALISTS AND AEC CONTRACT EXPERTS WILL VISIT THE PINS ANNUALLY. DURING PHASE 2, CRITERIA WILL BE DEVELOPED FOR MEASURING THE SHORT-TERM IMPACT AND ESTIMATING THE LONGER-TERM IMPACT OF HIGHLY-STRUCTURED EXCHANGES ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. PHASE 3 WILL CONSIST OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DETAILED IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR FY72-74 WHICH WILL IDENTIFY PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS SOLVABLE BY SISTER LABORATORY COLLABORATION, THE ROLE OF EXCHANGES IN SOLVING THESE PROBLEMS, INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS REQUIRED TO TRANSLATE SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS INTO ECONOMICALLY SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES, AND POTENTIAL FOLLOW-ON ACTIVITIES AFTER FY74. DURING PHASE 4, EFFORTS WILL BE MADE TO APPLY NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES TO PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT SECTORS. DURING PHASE 5, THE IMPACT OF THIS PROJECT ON DEVELOPMENT WILL BE EVALUATED USING THE CRITERIA DEVELOPED UNDER PHASE 2. A DETAILED PROJECT REPORT WILL BE PREPARED JOINTLY BY ORNL AND PINS.