96-23179. Office of Arms Control and Nonproliferation Policy; Proposed Subsequent Arrangement

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 177 (Wednesday, September 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 47903]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Office of Arms Control and Nonproliferation Policy; Proposed 
Subsequent Arrangement

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Subsequent arrangement.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 131.a.(1) of the Atomic Energy Act of 
1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2160(a)(1)), notice is hereby given of a 
proposed ``subsequent arrangement'' for the ``storage or disposition of 
irradiated fuel elements'' within the meaning of subsection 
131.a.(2)(E). The subsequent arrangement to be carried out involves the 
acceptance and management in the United States of up to 19.2 metric 
tons of heavy metal (MTHM) of foreign research reactor spent nuclear 
fuel in up to approximately 22,700 individual spent fuel elements, and 
up to an additional 0.6 MTHM of target material. The subject spent 
nuclear fuel and targets contain highly enriched (weapons-usable) 
uranium that was enriched in the United States.
    In a Record of Decision published on May 17, 1996 (61 Fed. Reg. 
25092), the Secretary of Energy announced a decision to implement a new 
foreign research reactor spent fuel acceptance program as specified in 
the Preferred Alternative contained in the Final Environmental Impact 
Statement on a Proposed Nuclear Weapons Nonproliferation Policy 
Concerning Foreign Research Reactor Spent Nuclear Fuel (DOE/EIS-218F, 
February 1996) subject to additional stipulations specified in section 
VII of the Record of Decision. The Department of Energy (DOE) will 
implement the program over the next 13 years by entering into specific 
contracts with individual research reactor operators in the countries 
listed below.
    The spent fuel and target material would come from the listed 
countries, provided that the affected research reactor operators enter 
into contracts with DOE to govern the shipment of the material and its 
acceptance by DOE. While the requirements of section 131.a.(1) apply 
only to a subsequent arrangement under an agreement for cooperation as 
defined by section 11.b. of the Atomic Energy Act (42 U.S.C. 2014(b)), 
the Department has decided as a matter of discretion to publish this 
notice with respect to all shipments to be received in the United 
States from the listed countries regardless of whether the nuclear 
material is being transferred under or outside of an agreement for 
cooperation.
    In accordance with section 131 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 
amended, it has been determined that this subsequent arrangement will 
not be inimical to the common defense and security.
    This subsequent arrangement will take effect no sooner than fifteen 
days after the date of publication of this notice.

Table 1

Argentina
Australia
Austria
Bangladesh
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Indonesia
Iran
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Malaysia
Mexico
Netherlands
Pakistan
Peru
Philippines
Portugal
Romania
Slovenia
South Korea
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Thailand
Turkey
United Kingdom
Uruguay
Venezuela
Zaire

    Dated: September 5, 1996.

    For the Department of Energy.
Edward T. Fei,
Deputy Director, International Policy and Analysis Division, Office of 
Arms Control and Nonproliferation.
[FR Doc. 96-23179 Filed 9-10-96; 8:45 am]
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