ML19248C510
| ML19248C510 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 03/13/1979 |
| From: | Hendrie J NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Brzezinski Z PRESIDENT OF U.S. & EXECUTIVE OFFICES |
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| NUDOCS 7903280128 | |
| Download: ML19248C510 (2) | |
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WJDircks Elva Leins DJKasun RBurnett The Honorable Zbigniew Brzezinski DSayles Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs The White House
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Dear Dr. Brzezinski:
Presently, you have under review a requese to consider the use of military facilities for the shipa.ent of highly enriched uranium.
Last October an Air Force report on this subject entitled, " Feasibility of Utilizing Military Air Bases for Shipment of Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU)," was submitted to you.
I would like to make two observations about that study.
First, the NRC, as an independent regulatory agency, cannot take a lead role in fonnulating Administration policy on the use of military air-fields to ship connercial HEU. Thus, the HRC staff's participation in providing data for the Air. Force's study should not be interpreted as an endorsement of conclusions and reconinendations.
I am concerned that this role has not been explicitly stated in the study.
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To ensure that our role in the devilopment of the study is made clear, I recommend a supplementary sheet, such as the enclosed, explicitly stating HRC's role in the stady preparation be included with distributed copies.
Second, I wish to note th:.t the study did not address the use of the military side of civilian coatrolled airports, such as O' Hare, as an alternative to the use of military airports as discussed in our letter of April 28, 1978.
We are looking fonvard to your decision in regard to the use of military airfields or the military side of civilian airports.
If we can be of assistance, please let us knew.
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" Feasibility of Utilizing Military Air Bases for Shipment of Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU)"
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's staff provided some of the data used in this study. This participation, however, does not constitute an NRC endorsement of the study conclusions and
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recommendations.
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