ML20024A246
| ML20024A246 | |
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| Issue date: | 07/15/1982 |
| From: | Burnett R NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | James Shea NRC OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS (OIP) |
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| ML20024A198 | List: |
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| FOIA-82-334 NUDOCS 8306160190 | |
| Download: ML20024A246 (5) | |
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'JUL 151982 MEMORANDUM FOR: James R. Shea, Director Office of International Programs FROM:
Robert F. Burnett, Director Division of Safeguards, NMSS
SUBJECT:
SAFEGUARDS COUNTRY ANALYSIS - ROMANIA Enclosed for transmission to the State Department is a draft Safeguards Country Analysis for Romania.
In accordance with established arrangements, we would appreciate State's review of the document to assure that it properly reflects the most complete and current information available to the U.S.
Government at well as to assure that it is not inadvertently misleading.
As has been recently agreed, no sensitive foreign intelligence information (e.g., ORCON) was used in the preparation of the document, although non-sensitive foreign intelligence information from State Department sources was e.mployed. Further, we have considered your coranents on the draft analysis which you provided to us earlier. As a result, the enclosed final draft contains several revisions.
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- 2) The iRC telangs to several interagency groups that are responsible
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for revicaing and improving the U.S. Goverr. ment's ef fort to improve I AEA Sa feguards.
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participated actively, and to the extent its resources have pernitted, has undertaken a considerable share of the tasks igortant to the groups. N;netheless, nore needs to be done (e.g., design features to facilitate I AEA safeguards and evaluation of inspection data) and additional. manpower and financial assistance from the NRC would help the U.S. achieve many of the objectives that NRC has supported; 3.
There are numerous technical tasks identified by the I AEA, the U.S. and other Governments that are important to the improvement of IAEA safeguards that cannot be undertaken due to the lack of technical expertise available to the IAEA. The NRC has such expertise by virtue of its domestic safeguards responsibility (e.g., material control and accounting) and has in recent years been requested to make this expertise available to the IAEA.
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its existing resources, the NRC has made these experts available. Still the NRC could do more in this regard if additional travel funds were made available and if staffing levels were established which would permit the prospect of one or two NRC experts being released for extended periods of time to provide assistance; and 4.
The State Department has noted to the Interagency Steering Group for International Safeguards (ISG) that there is a serious deficiency in the reporting of information on the activities of the IAEA and that there is a need for additional staff support at the U.S. Mission in Vienna to remedy the situation.
The ISG mmhers have been asked to consider if their agencies could provide the r.eeded support in terms of providing or funding a position. As the NRC has over the years urged the State Department to obtain more information on I AEA activities, in particular in the area of safeguards, and has raised its concerns to the Congress concerning the lack of information the U.S. Government is receiving in the area of safeguards, it cold be a significant centribution if the NRC could GUNFM1 1TIAL 1
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(U) The ef forts outlined in SECY-82-210 and which we are discussing today, are longer-term in nature and are important to the overall improvement of the IAEA safeguards system. Additier.al technical NRC contributions in these areas are important to continuing the overall development of IAEA safeguards.
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Should the Cormission write to senior Executive Branch officials or to the Congress reiterating its support for U.S. efforts to improve IAEA Safeguards?
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The Ccomission has, on two occassions, written the Executive Branch, expressing the incortance which it attaches to U.S. efforts to upgrade I AEA safeguards. The
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".. the u; grading of international sa feguards should be a key U.S. objective."
With regard to writing the Congress, our recent correspondence h'as noted our concerns and indicated our interest in improving the inplementation of IAEA sa feguards.
I believe the Executive Branch and the Congress are well aware of (f.e importance which the !.RC attaches to the continued improvement of I AEA sa fe gu a rd s.
The Commission may of course wish to write the Congress should the safeguards situation change significantly in the near future.
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