ML20127P201

Requests That Representative from State Dept Participate in Working Group to Prepare Rept on Disposition of Heu,Exported from Us.List of Major Milestones & Proposed Schedule for Drafting & Clearing Requested Rept Encl

ML20127P201
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Issue date:	11/05/1992
From:	Selin I NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
To:	Eagleburger L STATE, DEPT. OF
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November 5, 1992 CHAIRMAN 1

The Honorable Lawrence S.

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Dear Mr. Secretary:

Section 903 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 re' quires the Chairman of the Fuclear Regulatory Commission to submit tn Congress within wo days a report on the disposition of'the highly enriched uranium (HEU) -hich has been exported from the United States.

Because this report is to be developed in consultation with other relevant agencies,. I am writing to you and Energy Secretary Watkins to request that representatives from your Departments partjcipate kith us in a working group to prepare this report.

The Commission is directed to include in the report the current location of the-HEU, its status with respect to irradiation, whether or not the material has in each case-been used for the purpose stated on the export license, and if used for an alternative purpose, whether or not the-Commission approved this other use.

Also,-we_are required to include, to the maximum extent possible,Eretransfers within EURATOM without regard to the extent of U.S.; control.

The Department of State's assistancefwill be especially important in requesting information from EURATOM and the individual countries which have imported U.S.-origin-HEU.

We anticipate that the working group will need to forward:U.S.

data to individual countries for confirmation or correction and ask for official responses to questions. raised in :the Section 903 report.

Moreover, in view of the special problems associated with-retransfers within EURATOM, I would greatly value any suggestions you may have on how best to do this and what should be said.

I am enclosing a list of major milestones and a proposed schedule for drafting and clearing the requested report in the 90' days allowed by the-Act.

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• confirmation that this proposed plan is-agreeable to DOS.

The NRC staff-contact for the study is Ronald Hauber, Assistant Director for Exports, Security and Safety Cooperation, Office of International Programs.. His tele-phone number is 301/504-2344.

Sincerely,

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Ivan Selin

Enclosure:

Proposed Schedule, Section 903 Report to Congress on U.S.

Exports of HEU cc:

The Honorable James D. Watkins Secretary of Energy I

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DRAFT Proposed Schedule Section 903 Repprt to Conaress on U.S. Exports of HEU Proposed Due Data Action Reauired lead Responsibility Week of Nov 9 Interagency working group mig NRC (Workplan and assignments)

Week of Nov 23 Requests to foreig, go 's.

DOS Week of Dec 7 Interagency working group mtg NRC (Review first draft)

Week of Dec 15 Responses from foreign govts.

DOS Week of Dec 28 Interagency working group mtg NRC (Review second draft)

Week of Jan 4 Initiate final clearance NRC Week of Jan 11 Transmit the report NRC l

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