A)  What is the current worldwide status of research and achievements:

    A1) What are the present levels of experimental achievements?

    A2) What is the present level of theoretical understanding?

    A3) Do theory, modeling, simulations, and empirical scalings fit the
experimental observations?



B) What is the appropriate level of research for this concept:

   B1) What are the major experimental and theoretical issues that should
	be addressed?

   B2) Do the above issues require:
       (a) launching new experimental facilities and/or theoretical activities?
       (b) expanding the current experimental and theoretical activities?
       (c) exploration at the present level of research?
       (d) or can they be addressed at a lower level of research?

   B3) What is an appropriate mix of research activity for this
       concept among large facilities and mix of small supporting
       experiments, theory and modeling, and concept design and
       evaluation studies?

   B4) What is the worldwide research plan (outside U.S.) to address
       the above issues?

   B5) What is the proper level of U.S. research within the context of the
       international program?  In particular:
       (a) Is it necessary to have more than one new international
           experimental facility?
       (b) Given the worldwide plan, which areas should the U.S. program should
           focus on?



C) What is the potential impact of research on this concept on:

   C1) increasing our knowledge of general plasma physics?

   C2) increasing our knowledge of fusion plasma physics (of this
       concept as well physics of other confinement concepts)?

   C3) helping develop fusion as an energy source (help develop the
       data base for fusion development steps such as burning plasmas,
       volumetric neutron source, etc.)?

   C4) developing this concept as a candidate for a fusion power plant?