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Informs Commission of Staff Intention to Send Ltr to DOE Re Proposal to Provide Nuclear Technology & Svcs to Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea.Partially Deleted
ML20141H856
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Issue date: 08/04/1996
From: Stoiber C
NRC OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS (OIP)
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FOIA-96-493 SECY-96-171, SECY-96-171-01, SECY-96-171-1, SECY-96-171-R, NUDOCS 9705270146
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POLICY ISSUE (NEGATIVE CONSENT) t August 4, 1996 SECY-96-171 FOR:

The Commissioners FROM:

Carlton R. Stoiber, Director, Office of International Programs

SUBJECT:

DOE PART 810 REQUEST FROM DUKE ENGINEERING TO PROVIDE TECHNOLOGY AND SERVICES TO THE DEM0CRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC 0F KOREA i

PURPOSE:

l To inform t'he Commission of the staff's intention to send a letter to the Department of Energy (DOE) regarding a proposal to provide nuclear tec,hne-logy 4

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DISCUSSION:

Duke Engineering & Services, Inc., a subsidiary of Duke Power Company, has requested DOE authorization under 10 CFR Part 810 (Attachment 1 -96KN004) to provide to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KED0) nuclear

. technology and services in connection with the reactor project in North Korea.

'The proposal would be part of the implementation of the U.S.-DPR,K Agreed Framework and the DPRK-KE00 Supply Agreement for the supply of two light water reactors to North Korea.

The subject request _is similar to recently granted DOE Part 810 authorizations for Sargent & Lundy, Comb,ustion Engineering, Stone & Webster, and oavtheon to participate in the KEDO project. The Commission posed no NRC ob'.tions to

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these approvals, given the President's approval of the underlying Agreed Framework between the U.S. and the DPRK.

The staff believes th'at the policy issues and proliferation c0ncerns raised in j

these earlier cases were thoroughly addressed by the Commission and that there j

have been no changed circumstances since their review. (See SECY-96-040, SECY 96-104, SECY-96-126). Accordingly, the staff does not believe it necessary t

for the Commission to visit these issues again and agrees with DOE's conclusion that the subject case meets the statutory requirements for approval of a 10 CFR Part 810 request in light of its consistency with and support of U.S. obligations under the Agreed Framework and Supply Agreement.

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Elaine Hemby, 0IP Nb'TE: PROPRIETARY / LIMITED TO NRC UNLESS THE TCOL M w u y DETERMINES OTHERWISE 90MMISMQ 415-2341 Inform 21:0n n I M.

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