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DATE: JUN
memorandum for the record
subject: osi assessment of progress in the sst bilateral agreement project on energy: geothermal
1. while the us-ussr exchange in geotheTraal energy has not produced much in the way of technical information about the soviet programs to date, it has produced some information on facilities, personnel and research plans which is new or more detailed than we had before. this new knowledge has not altered our initial assessment of soviet capabilities but it has helped to increase our confidence in some of our previous judgments.
the disp and the ussrhriving g'owirjely_s.he area of us te in developmental use of known succ in addition there soviets really in arity inx5grajl>.jyh the sovie chnology and cost by lear essful techn is some que tend to be i
of the efforts of the us exchange difficult. the us__has creas the soviet program_is_ ts probably hope* to gain both in byignificant amount ning from the us program, making iques and avoiding blind alleys, stion about how cooperativehis area.
seeing theince this region is by in addition, the us side technology related to th geothermal electric powe to be relatively active fracturing.re seriously considerin
on and be far thehould be sur eireneration, in the areahesing underg
us should insist ing planned in kamchatka ctive area in theo see thef binary systems for the soviets also seem underground rock rogram they apparently round nuclear detonations
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