FrontMatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgment of Reviewers -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction and Background -- 2 Key Science Drivers for a Rare-Isotope Beam Facility -- 3 Rare-Isotope Beams in the United States and Abroad -- 4 Assessing the U.S. Position -- 5 Findings and Conclusions -- Appendixes -- A Charge to the Committee -- B Meeting Agendas -- C Selected List of Operating and Planned Rare-Isotope Facilities Worldwide -- D Glossary -- E Additional Remark on Clinical Use of Rare Isotopes -- F Biographical Sketches of Committee Members.