ML19249C176

Requests Executive Branch Position Re Transnuclear,Inc Application for License to Export U to South Africa

ML19249C176
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Issue date:	08/10/1979
From:	Gossick L NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO)
To:	Tarnoff P STATE, DEPT. OF
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Dear Mr. Tarnoff:

Enclosed please find an application from Transnuclear, Inc. for a license to export special nuclear material to South Africa.

Before taking action on this license application, we would appreciate your views, in accordance with established procedures and from the overall perspective of the Executive Branch, as to whether the issuance of the requested license would be inimical to the interests of the United States, including the common defense and security, and whether the proposed export meets the applicable criteria in the Atomic Energy Act as amended by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978.

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]5 r Lee V. Gossick Executive Director for Operations

Enclosure:

Appl. dtd 7/31/79 (XSNM01552) cc w/ enclosure:

Holsey G. Handyside, DOE Richard L. Williamson, ACDA/MP/NS Sheila BJckley, D00 Duane Sewell, DOE Kent N. Knowles, DOC Robin DeLaBarre, 005 7909070gq3,

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N. Moore Nuclear Fagulatory Commission Office of International Programs 7735 Old Georgetown Pcad Bethesda, Maryland 20014 Re:

Export I.icense Applications - 21 Pef: 79-220/01 (nip-292)

TN Ref: 79-221/01 (OIP-29 3 )

Cear Mr. Moorm:

Enclosed are t so (2) Export License Applications for your handling on the following quantitias :

73556.4 Kg U containing 1816.23 Kg U235, enriched to a maximum of 3.15 percent U235 73556.4 Kg U containing 1816.23 Kg U235 enriched to a maximum of 3.15 percent U235 Please not* that these quantities include the U.S.D.C.E. allcw-able tolerances on uranium and percent enrichment.

Thanking you in advance for your help and cooperation.

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13 July 1979 Sirs KDEBERG NUCI. EAR POWER STATION UNIT NUMBER 2 END USE STATE."F.NT : TECHNICAL DATA Enrichment Contract Number E-(49-14)-UES/SA/101 with US-DOE (formerly US-ERDA) for Koeberg Unit 2.

In the fra=e cf the above Contract, enriched uranium is to be delivered by US-DOE as UF i accordance with the following schedule:

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3 235) 6 235 235 24 710 1,8 444,780 February 1982 24 240 2,4 581,760 April 1982 24 240 3,1 751,440 June 1982 The application for the export licence for the above material will be made to the United States Authorities by Transnuclear Inc., Skyline Centre, 5205 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, Virginia 22041, USA.

. m, We certify that the above caterial will be used'in the Republic of South Africa, as first core of the Koeberg Unit 2 Nuclear Power Plant.

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F-Franco-Belgian Fuel Co=pany (F.B.F.C.), Ro=ans 26100, France, for conversien of UF and ft;el fabrication.

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DN-O Sirs K0EBERG NUCLEAR POWER STATION - CONTRACT OPN I8230 APPLICATION FOR EXPORT PERMIT The enriched uranium to be used by Fra=atome for the fabrication of fuel elements supplied under the foregoing contract is to be enriched in the f acilities operated for the Department of Energy in the United States of America. You require to obtain export licences from the relevant authorities in the United States. The applications for the licences m'.11 be made on your behalf by Transnuclear Inc., Skyline Centre, 5205 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, Virginia 22041, USA.

The material is to be consigned to the Franco-Belgian Fuel Company, Romans 26100, France.

To enable you to apply for the export permits I attach as Annex I the relevant technical data for use in the preparation of the End Use State =ents.

I also attach as Annex II background inf or=ation and statements to support the application for the permits.

Please arrange for this information to be attached to the application f or the guidance of the United States Authorities Please do not hesitate to let me know if further information is required f or the preparation of, or to supporff]

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ANNEX I K0EBERG NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNITS 1 & 2 END USE STATEMENT : TECHNICAL DATA Enrichment Contract Nu=bers E-(49-14)-UES/SA/100 and UES/SA/101 with US-DOE (formerly US-ERDA) for Koeberg Units I and 2 respectively.

In the frame of the above Contract, enriched uranium is to be delivered by US-DOE as UF i acc rdance with the following schedula :

6 Maxi =um Quantity Maximum Assay" Maxi =um Content (lig;; U as UF )

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235 Koeberg Nuclear Power Station - Unit Number 1 Initial Core Loading 24 710 1,8 444,780 February 1981 24 240 2,4 581,760 April 1981 24 240 3,1 751,440 June 1981 giU 1717 in Koebe'rg Nuclear Power Station - Unit Number 2 Initial Core Loading 24 710 1,8 444,780 February 1982 24 240 2,4 581,760 April 1982 2'+ 240 3,1 751,440 June 1982 l

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K0EBE2G NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNITS 1 A'O 2 END USE STATEMENT : 3ACKGROUND INFORMATION AND STATEMENTS The following inf ormation and statements are being supplied by the Electricity Supply Co==ission ("ESCOM") of the Republic of South Africa to explain and support the End Use Statements sabmitted by Transnuclear Inc.

f or dbe purpose of obtaining an export licence f or quantities of enriched uranism hexafluoride required for the =anuf acture of fuel elements for

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Units 1 and 2 of the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station.

ESCOM is a South African public corporation which was established in 1923 in accordance with the Electricity Act No. 42 of 1922.

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ESCOM is to provide a cheap and abundant supply of electricity in the

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Republic of South Africa.

It supplies 90" of the electricity used in South Af rie;a and exports electricity to the neighbouring territories of Bophuthatswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, South West Africa /Namibia, Swaziland, Transkei and Zimbabwe / Rhodesia. Whilst ESCOM provides an annual report to the South African Parliament on its technical and financial activities it is responsible for raising its own funds and receives no financial support f rom the govern =ent.

The Koeberg Nuclear Power Station is being constructed on the f ars Duynefontein, approxi=ately 28 kn north of the city of Cape Town in the Cape Province of the Republic of South Africa. Unit 1 of the station is due to ceter co=cercial operation at the end of 1982 and Unit 2 ene year later.

The construction of both units is currently on schedule and these dates are expected to be met.

The units are based on three loop FWR Nuclear Steam Supply Systems provided by FRAMATOME under licence from Westinghouse. Each unit will have an output of 920 MW electric.

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The power requirenants of the Western Cape are presently met by a nt=ber of p.

small f ossil fueled power stations in the region, supplemented by supplies from the national grid system via transmission lines.

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The present load growth in the region is such that local generation plus grid supplies would be inadequate to =eet de= ands by the early years of the decade.

ESCOM is required to determine which energy resource can =ost next economically provide the electric power requirements of a given geographica' area.

Based on =ajor system studies in the early 1970's the decision was taken t a build the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station to meet the load de= ands of the early 1980's. A further consideration was the desirability of conserving scarce water resources in inland areas.

The decision to proceed with units 1 and 2 for Koeberg led to the conclusien in 1974 of contracts between the United States of A= erica and ESCOM for the supply of. enrich =ent services. ESCOM's cc==it=ent to the construction and bringing into operation cf the project, including all the nuclear fuel services, is irrevocable and there are no plans to reccasider or delay the proj ect.

The fuel proposed to be exported would be subject at all ti=es to the Agreement for Cooperation between the United States of America and the signed July 8, 1957, as amended, including the Union of South Africa, peaceful use assurances contained in Articles III.B., X.A.,

and XI(2), as well as the trilateral agreement between the United States, South Africa 1967.

It also and the International Atomic Energy Agency, signed July 26, would be governed by the exchange of notes between the Governments of South Africa and the United States, dated May 22, 1974, regarding peaceful nuclear explosives. The fuel will be used for the manuf acture of fuel elements for Units I and 2 of the Koebe.rg Nuclear Power Station.

ESCOM is prepared to arrange for the saf e storage, per=anent disposal or in accordance with reprocessing of fuel af ter its use in the power station, such arrangements as may be agreed with the governments of the United States of America and France and with the International Atomic Energy Agency. To assure the United States of America that ESCOM will use the-enriched material in question culy for peaceful purposes, ESCOM is willing to send the fuel once used back-to the United States of A= erica in 1977.

accordance with President Carter's spent fuel offer of October, data given in the End Use TheenrichmentlevelsandmaximumcontentofU,,dkecurrentappendicesto Statements differ slightly from those given in' This arises from a recent decision by ESCOM, the enrichment agreements.

based on an economic reoptimisation, to make minor changes to the proposed A proposal to the Depart =ent of Energy for fuel cycle f or the two units.

the amendment of the af f ected appendices is in preparation and will be submitted shortly.

It must be noted that EJCCM has a vital need for early approval of this application to ensure that the planned operating dates for the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station are adhered to.

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NAME Transnuclear, Inc.

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c/o Unicn Carbide Coro.

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a. NAME One Skyline Place, 5205 Leesburg Pike K-25 Plant O.P.

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a. NAME Electricity Supply Ccenission Will be used as first core of Koeberg Unit 2 b.

ST R E E T ADO R ESS IluClear PcWer Plant. (500 attached E.U.S.)

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c. CIT Y - ST ATE - COUNTRY Papublic of South Africa 11a. EST. DATE OF FIRST USE

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NAME Franco-Selgian Fuel Ccepany (F.3.F.C.)

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c. CITY - ST A T E - COU NT R Y France th EST DATE OF FIRST USE

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