ML19275A037
| ML19275A037 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 08/08/1979 |
| From: | Moore R NRC OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS (OIP) |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS (OIP) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7908300592 | |
| Download: ML19275A037 (1) | |
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AUG 0 81979 Memorandum to the File STAFF CONCLUSIONS REGARDING LICENSE TO EXPORT SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL TO BELGIUM (XSNM01491) g-In April 1979, Transnuclear, Incorporated applied for a license to export 10,794 kilograms of uranium, enriched to 3.4% U-235, to Belgium for use in the Doel No.1 reactor. The material will be shipped first to BNFL in the U.K. for conversion and then to Franco Belge de Fabrication de Combustibles, Dessel, Belgium for fabrication into fuel assemblies.
In response to our April 9,1979 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 tenns and conditions of the '4dditional Agreement for Cooperation between the US and EURATOM. These views and license application analysis by the Executive Branch were forwarded by State Department memorandum of August 1,1979.
Con fi nna-tion of the applicability of the US-EUPATOM Agreement was set forth by letter dated July 14, 1979 from the EURATOM Delegation.
The material requested under application XSNM01491 is low-enriched uranium intended for routine reload of the Doel No.1 reactor.
Under 10 CFR 110.40(b)(2) the staff is authorized to issue export licenses for routine reloads of low enriched uranium fuel for use in power reactors with respect to which a previous export license to receive fuel has been issued.
Export licenses have been issued previously for fueling the Doel No.1 facility.
The Commission, in reviewing prior export license applications to Belgium (e.g.
XSNM01260 issued September 8,1978 and XSNM01430 issued April 27,1979), has determined that Belgium 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 existing at the time of issuance of XSNM01260 and XSNM01430, 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).
h fit R. Neal Moore Senior Licensing Reviewer Office of International Programs IO 79085603g