ML19261E230
| ML19261E230 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 05/24/1979 |
| From: | Moore R NRC OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS (OIP) |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS (OIP) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7907050311 | |
| Download: ML19261E230 (2) | |
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,e YM 2 41973 MEMCRANDUM TO THE FILE STAFF CONCLUSIONS REGARDING LICENSE TO EXPORT SOURCE MATERIAL TO FRANCE (XM08462)
On March 7, 1977, license number SME-9344 was issued to Rhodia, Incorporated authorizing the export of 107,502.50 kilograms of thorium and 10,886 kilograms of uranium contained in 3,000 short tons of Monazite to France. On September 13, 1977, license SME-8344 Amendment No. I was issued to cover the export of thorium and natural uranium contained in rare earths as well as in Monazite. License SME-8344, Amendment No. 2 was issued on March 20, 1978 to extend the expiration date to April 1, 1979.
On May 8, 1979 Rhone-Poulenc Incorporated (formerly Rhodia, Inc.) informed the staff that (1) througn an oversight, an amendment for an extension of expiration date was not applied for; (2) only 245 tons of monazite had been exported under SME-8344; and (3) requested that the license be reinstated and extended.
Since SME-8344 has expired, the staff is of the opinion that a new license must be issued to replace the remaining amount of material left.to be exported under the.cid license. The remaining quantity is calculated.to be 110,500 kilograms of uranium and thorium in 2,800 tons of monazite and rare earths.
The material will be separated, finished, and sold commercially worldwide for the production of gas mantles or optical glass. However, since the market is small, most of.the residue including the uranium will be stored at the CEA facility at LaHague, France.
Depleted uranium for a non-nuclear end-use is not subject to the export licensing criteria in Section 127 of the Act and 10 CFR 110.42.
Furthermore, such materials fall within the categories of materials listed in 10 CFR 110.41(d) which are not normally reviewed by the Executive Branch.
The Commission, in reviewing prior export license applications to France has determined that France meets the applicable export licensing requirements.
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- The staff has found that there are no material changed circumstances associated with the subject application for export to France from those existing at the time of issuance of XSNM01020 and XSte:01232; 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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