ML19261E213
| ML19261E213 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | (XSNM-1443) |
| Issue date: | 05/29/1979 |
| From: | Moore R NRC OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS (OIP) |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS (OIP) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7907050282 | |
| Download: ML19261E213 (1) | |
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g <; 3 1973 MEMORANDUM TO THE FILE STAFF CONCLUSIONS.REGARDING LICENSE TO EXPORT SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL TO SWITZERLAND (XSNM01443)
In January 1979, Transnuclear Incorporated applied for a license to export 22,090.900 kilograms of uranium, enriched to 3.35% U-235, to the FRG for the fabrication of fuel elements for use in the Gosgen Daniken reactor in Switzerland.
In response to our February 5, 1979 request for views, the Executive Branch (1) concluded that issuance of the license would not be inimical to the common defense and security, and (2) confirmed that the material will be subject to all the terms and conditinns of the Agreement for Cooperation between the US and Switzerland and during the time it.is transiting the FRG, the US-EURATOM Additional Agreement for Cooperation. These views and license application analysis by the Executive Branch were forwarded by State Department memorandum of May 17, 1979.
Confirmation of the applicability of the US-Switzerland Agreement and the US-EURATOM Agreement was set forth by letters dated March 26, 1979 from the Embassy of Switzerland and April 12, 1979 frcm the Delegation of the Commission of the European Communities.
The material requested under application XSNM01443 is low-enriched uranium intended for routine reload of the Gosgen-Daniken reactor.
Under 10 CFR 110.40(b)
(2) the staff is authorized to issue routine export licenses for reloads of. low-enriched uranium fuel for use in power reactors with respect to whicb a previous export license to. receive fuel has been issued.
Export licenses previously have been issued for fueling the Gosgen-Daniken facility.
The Commission, in reviewing prior export license applications for Switzerland (e.g. XSNM01227 issued November 17, 1978 and XSNM01344 issued February 16, 1979),
has determined that Switzerland meets the applicable export licensing requirements of 10 CFR 110.44(a)(1).
The staff has found that there are no material changed circumstances associated with.the subject application from those existirig at the time of issuance of XSNM01227 and XSNM01344, therefore, the license may be issued under the authority contained in Section 126(a)(2) of the Atomic Energy Act and 10 CFR 110.44(a)(2).
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