2022-21039. Proposed Subsequent Arrangement

AGENCY:

National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy.

ACTION:

Proposed subsequent arrangement.

SUMMARY:

This document is being issued under the authority of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. The Department is providing notice of a proposed subsequent arrangement under the Agreement for Cooperation Concerning Civil Uses of Atomic Energy between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Canada, as amended.

DATES:

This subsequent arrangement will take effect no sooner than October 14, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ms. Andrea Ferkile, Office of Nonproliferation and Arms Control, National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy. Telephone: [phone] or email: [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This subsequent arrangement concerns two retransfers from Cameco Corporation in Port Hope, Ontario, Canada, one to Urenco Ltd. in Almelo, the Netherlands, and one to Urenco Deutschland GmbH, in Gronau, Germany, for toll enrichment. Each retransfer will consist of 946,746,000 g of U.S.-obligated natural uranium hexafluoride (UF6), 640,000,000 g of which is natural uranium. Upon transfer to Urenco Ltd. in Almelo, the Netherlands, and Urenco Deutschland GmbH, in Gronau, Germany, the material will become subject to the Agreement for Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy between the United States of America and the European Atomic Energy Community.

Pursuant to the authority in section 131 a. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as delegated, I have determined that this proposed subsequent arrangement concerning the retransfer of U.S.-obligated nuclear material will not be inimical to the common defense and security of the United States of America.

Signing Authority

This document of the Department of Energy was signed on September 23, 2022, by Corey Hinderstein, Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, pursuant to delegated authority from the Secretary of Energy. That document with the original signature and date is maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in compliance with requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to sign and submit the document in electronic format for publication, as an official document of the Department of Energy. This administrative process in no way alters the legal effect of this document upon publication in the Federal Register .

Signed in Washington, DC, on September 23, 2022.

Treena V. Garrett,

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.