ML18206A283
| ML18206A283 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 04/16/1979 |
| From: | James Shea NRC/OIP |
| To: | NRC/OCM |
| References | |
| SECY-79-263 | |
| Download: ML18206A283 (2) | |
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,NFORfv,A TION REPORT ScC'( 26 3
,J.::,ril 15, 19 79 For: The Cowmissioners From: James R. Shea, Director Office of In terna ti ona l Progra ms I L.V.{, *
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Subj '2C t: t*iEETiNG \nTH ME:*18ER *OF DUTCH PARLI.~MEi:T Purpcse: To inform the Cow.mi ss ion of recent discussions 1*.ith a member of the Outer Parlia~e nt.
Discussion: :-ir. Jan 'ian fiou\*1.e linger, Chairman of the r~uclear Energy Co~mittee of the Parlia~ent of the Netherlands, met v1ith Me ssrs. Shea and Oplir.ger or. Apr il 12, 1979.
Most of the discussion concerned NRC's role in the nuclear export 1 icensing process, and .in the forrr.ulc.-
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Information Security Branch Division of Security Operations Houwelinger was particularly in te rested in our views Office of Nuclear Security on whether, given the strong vi ews of a number of and Incident Response industrialized countries in fever of r eprocessing, Declassified on 20180320 the US policy of deferring and dis.couraging na tional reprocessing could be sustained. He noted thc.t he had received a strongly pessi~ist1c assessment in his conversations at the U.S . Depart~ent of Energy on this point. He sa i d that he had been and remained closely involved with the Dutch Parliament's consideration of URENCO assistance to Brazil. He had opposed the Brazilian supply contract without a reprocessing veto, but said that in the end the Ju tch had to cho ose between accepting a co~promise so lu tion or risking a German \vithdra\*1al fror.i URE :lCO ar:c estabhs hr.:ent of l.he FRG as an ind ependent suoo 1 i er of enr~ ched fue 1 . i. j e thought the finai outcome *..J~S st~ll :r:oot, ~c*.,ever, ~r.d believed that the Net her lan ds ~cu id not ~a al~ng #ith
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DECLASSIFIED co~~FIDENTIAL supplying Brazil unless a satisfactory plutonium storage regime is worked out.
Mr. Houwelinger was also interested in the NRC's role in reviewing the safety aspects of nuclear exports. Mr. Shea indicated that the NRC's interest and activity in this area has been growing rapidly, and explained the present situation with respect to the Executive Order and its implications for nuclear exports. Mr. Hou\'1el inger said that he thought it essential that some international approach be worked 6ut on this question, for two reasons. First, with-out a common approach, safety would become a matter of commercial competition among reactor vendors.
Second, in areas like Europe where accidents might easily affect neighboring countries, a bilateral approach to ensuring reactor safety was insufficient.
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