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Forwards Application for Export License XCOM1128,for Export to Russia of Especially Designed & Prepared Equipment for Use in Various Facilities for Pilot Scale Tests & Demonstrations of Plutonium Disposition & Technology
ML20195C824
Person / Time
Issue date: 05/28/1999
From: Hauber R
NRC OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS (OIP)
To: Delabarre R
STATE, DEPT. OF
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May 28,1999 Mr. Robin DeLaBarre Action Officer Non-Proliferation / Nuclear Energy Affairs Department of State Washington, DC 20520

Dear Mr. DeLaBarre:

Enclosed is an application for an export license (XCOM1128), recently received by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, for the export to Russia of especially designed and prepared equipment for use in various facilities for the pilot scale tests and demonstrations of plutonium disposition and technology.

Before taking action on this request, we would appreciate your views, in accordance with established procedures and from H e overall perspective of the Executive Branch, as to whether the requested export meets the applicable criteria in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.

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1. Balako o NPP,413800 Balakovo, Saratov Region, Russia, Victor I. Ignatov, 7-845-702-1115.
2. Beloyarsk NPP, Kurchatov' St., Zarechny, Russia, Oleg M. Saraev, 7-343-773-6310.
3. Gidropress (Experimental Design Bureau Gidropress, OKB GP),21 Ordzhonikidze Ulitsa, Podolsk, Moscow region, 142103 Russia, Mr.Vladimir V. Denisov, tel.: 7-(09675)2-12-50, fax: 7-(09675)4-27-33/4-25-16.
4. GSPI, Specialize' State Design Institute, Sa Novorazanskaya St., Moscow, Russia, Evgeni I d

Tyurin, 7-095-923-4916.

5. - IPPE, Institute for Physics and Power Engineering, Bondarenko Sq.1, Obninsk, Kaluga Region, Russia, Anatoly V. Zrodnikov,7-08439-98250.

. 6. Kurchatov Institute, Kurchatov Sq.,123182 Moscow, Russia, N. N. Ponomarev-Stepnoi, 7-095-194-2 % 9.

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7. Mayak Production Association (C-65),31 Lenin St.,456780 Ozyorsk Russia, Evgeny Dzekun,7-873-140 4664.

' 8. MCC or K-26, Mining Chemical Combine,53, Lenin str.,660033 Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk Territory, Russia, Yury A. Revenko, 7-xxx-xxx-xxxx.

~ 9.. MSZ Elektrostal or POMZ, Production Association Machirostroitelny Zavod "Elektrostal",

- Dr. Valery A. Mezhuyev, General Director,144000, Elektrostal, Russia (Moscow Oblast),

i Telephone: (011-7-095) 176-47-70; Telex: 911639 ENERG SU; Fax: (011-7095) 176-05-28.

.10. NIKIMT, Research and Development Institute of Construction Technology,43, Altufyevskoye Shosse, 27106 Moscow Russia, Mikhail N Molokhov.

I 1. Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant, UI. Bogdaraa Hmelnutskoda-94, 630110 Novosibir' k-110, Russia, 7-3832-742-091.

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10. OKBM Design Institute, Bumakovsky proezd.,15,603074 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, Nicolai G Kodochikov,7-8312-418902.
13. Podolsk Plant (Joint Stock Company Podolsk Machme-Building Plant OAO PMCZ),2 Zhelesnodorozhnaya Ulitsa, Podolsk, Moscow reg'on, 142103 Russia, Anatoliy A.

~ Belyavskiy, tel/ fax.: 7-(095) 203-73-36, tel.: 7-(09675) 2-15-67, fax: 7-(095) 747-10-03/10-00.

14. Polymetal (State Er,terprise Moscow Plant of Polymetals GP MZP),49 Kashirskoe shosse, Moscow, 115409 Russia, Andrey V. Sheglov,7-(095) 324-33-65/324-85-68/324-4580/324-33-44, fax 7-(095)324-23-10.'

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16. RIAR or NIIAR, Research Institute for Atomic Reactors, 433510 Dimitrovgrad-10,
Ulyanovsk Region, Russia,LA. F. Grachev, 7-842-353-5818.

L 17 ROSERNOGOATOM Company, Nuclear Energy Company 6fRussia, 7, Kitaigorodsky pr.,

Moscow, Russia,103074, Anatoly M: Kirit6nenko, Vice-President, Head ofForeign Relations Department, 7-095-220-6449.

18. Sibaian Chemical Company (Tomsk+7 or SCC), Seversk, Tomsk Region, Kurchatova str.,2, 636070, Seversk, Russia, V. M. Kondakov.
19. SNIIP, Scientific and Engineering Center, Raspletina 5, Moscow, Russia, Yuri Vasilievich j

Lopatin, 7-095-943-5795.

20. SPAEP, Saint Petersburg Research and Design Institute ATOMENERGOPROJEKT, Suvorovsky 2a,193036 St. Petersburg, Russia, Dr. Stanislav V. Popov, 7-812-277-0385.
21. TVEL Bolshaya Ordynka st.,24/26 Moscow 101000, Russian Federation, Peter I.

Lavrenyuk, Vice-president, (095)-239-2258/

22. V. G Khlopin Radium Institute, 2nd Murinsky Ave.,28,194021, St. Petersburg, Russia, Alexander A. Rimski-Korsakov, 7-812-247-5641.
23. VNIIAES, All-Russian Research Institute for Nuclear Power Plant Operations,25, Ferganskaya St., 109507 Moscow, Russia, Yuri N. Filimontsev, Deputy Director, 7-095-377-0104.
24. VNIINM (A. A. Bochvar All-Russian Research Institute ofInorganic Materials), Bochvar Institute,5 Rogov St, Moscow, 123060, Russia, Mikhail Solonin, 7-095-196 6651.
25. VNIPIET (State Unitary Enterprise Head Institute All-Russian Design and Research Institate of Complex Power Technology VNIPIET), 82 Savushkina Ulitsa, St. Petersburg,197183 Russia, Yuriy M. Romanov, tel.: 7-(812) 430-19-54, fax: 7-(812) 430-03-93.
26. VNIPIPT, All-Russian Scientific Research and Exploratory Planning Institute ofIndustrial f

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p Disposition of Surplus U.S. - Russian Weapons Plutonium I.. Objective: Initiate physical work to dispose of surplus weapons plutonium in Russia.

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Background:

The end of the Cok. War resulted in hundreds of tons of plutonium and highly enriched uranium, both weapons-usable fissile materials, becoming surplus to defense needs in both the U.S. and Russia. The threat that _ nuclear.wcapons or materials could fall into the hands of terrorists or non-nuclear nations through theft or diversion was identified by the National Academy of Sciences as a clear and present danger 1

In September 1993, President Clinton committed the United States (PDD-13) to seek to eliminate stockpiles of surplus highly enriched uranium and plutonium. The U.S. has declared approximately 50 metric tons ofplutonium as surplus to U.S. defense needs. Within the DOE, the Office of Fissile Materials Disposition (DOE /MD) is responsible for carrying out the disposition mission. In January 1997, DOE announced a hybrid strategy, immobilization and burning plutonium as mixed oxide (MOX) fuel in existing commercial reactors, for U.S.

plutonium disposition. Both of these technologies meet the " Spent Fuel Standard", in which surplus plutonium is made as inaccessible and as unattractive for weapons use as the plutonium

. remaining in spent nuclear fuel from commercial reactors.

In October 1996, at a meeting of the G-8 nuclear experts in France, Russian Deputy Minister Yegorov made the first Russian declaration of e;. cess quantities ofweapons plutonium. In September 1997, Russian President Yeltsin rendered this action official, again declaring up to 50 metric tons of excess weapons plutonium.

1 The 'U.S. has been working with Russia on studies and on small scales tests and demonstrations for plutonium disposition in Russia since 1994. However, substantial mutual efforts toward disposition in Russia was not possible until the signature of appropriate international agreements.

Vice President Gore and Prime Minister Kiriyenko signed a Joint Technical Agreement in August 1998. This provides for U.S-Russian cooperation on tests and demonstrations of l

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. p uton um d spos tion technolog es ncluding proceeding, as soon as practicable, with pilot-scale tests and demonstrations of these technologies. In September 1998, Clinton and Yeltsin signed a Joint Statement of Principles for plutonium disposition. This included a statement that each side would convert approximately 50 metric tons ofsurplus plutonium into forms unusable for

. nuclear weapons. They committed the governments to begin negotiations promptly on a

- framework agreement for the reciprocal and verifiable disposition of each country's stockpiles of

. surplus weapons plutonium. While significant progress has taken place, this agreement will likely take several months to negotiate. For this reason, DOE has, so far, requested only design

- and licensing funds for.U.S. disposition facilities. This action is intendego,yuintagrograg momentum while negotiations proceed, and to send a strong signal to RbAfto 'theWriMikness d10 03A1300 m >- Ay/

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with which the U.S. views the disposition of stockpiles of excess weapons plutonium. DOE has made clear, both to Russia and to the Congress, that it will not proceed with the more costly

. construction of plutonium disposition facilities in the United States unless there is significant progress on plans for plutonium disposition in Russia. In the FY99 budget cycle, Congress appropriated an additional $200 million for beginning plutonium disposition in Russia. Release of the funds is contingent on the signing of a bilateral plutonium disposition agreement between

. the U.S. and Russia.

III. ' Action Requested: Current status is that the U.S. is able to begin work on small scale tests and demonstrations ofplutonium disposition technologies quite soon. Larger scale work is fonhcoming. In order to carry out this mission, DOE /MD and DOE National Laboratories will need to export certain materials and technologies. Thus an appropriate license application is being submitted.

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1 The following information and equipment are all furnished or to be furnished by Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Feel free to contact the following Oak Ridge employees if you have further questions:

BN-600:

David Moses 423 574 6103 VVER:

Bruce Bevard 423 576 5113 General Questions: Tammra Hornung 423 574 0316 Import / Export Mike Farmer 423 241 3393 The information is that called for by the U.S. NRC Instructions for Preparation of Application for License to Export Nuclear Meterial and i

Equipment, NRC Form 7, dated 3-94. The information addresses Section

'110.31 (f)(1-5).

BN 600 (0(1) Maximum Quantity of Material in grams or kilograms (curies for byproduct material) and its chemical and physical form: None (f)(2)For enriched uranium, the maximmn weight percentage of enrichment and maximum weight of contained U-235: None (f)(3) Nuclear equipment: None (f)(4) Nuclear reactors, the name of the facility and its design power level:

Unit 3 (BN-600) at the Beloyarsk Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP),1470 MV thermal, ~600 MWe (f)(5) Description of end use by all consignees in sufficient detail to permit accurate evaluation of the justification for the proposed export or import, including the need for shipment by the dates specifled:

SNPP, with the support of the Institute of Physics and Power Engineering (IPPE) in Obninsk and the Experimental Design Bureau of Mechanical Engineering (OKBM) in Nizhny-Novgorod will use all equipmeM provided to upgrade the BN-600 and associated facilities to (1) remove the radial breeding blankets and replace the breeding blanket subassemblies with non-fertile stainless steel reflector subassemblies and boron-carbon-loaded shield subassemblies, (2) provide safe storage of the irradiated radial breeding blanket subassemblies for up to 50 years.

(3) provide safe storage for fresh and irradiated Mixed-Oxide (MOX) subassemblies fabricated from surplus weapons plutonium, and (4) utilize the BN-600 reactor for irradiating MOX subassemblies to burn

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VVER (f)(1) Maximum Quantity of Material in grams or kilograms (curies for byproduct material) and its chemical and physical form: None (f)(2)For enriched uranium, the maximum weight percentage of enrichment and maximum weight of contained U-235: None (f)(3) Nuclear equipment: $25,000,000 (we are unable to identify specif3c equipment at this time)

(f)(4) Nuclear reactors, the name of th'e facility and its design power level:

Initial work will be with the MIR test reactor. The commercial reactor will initially be the Balakovo-4 nuclear power plant (Model B-320:1000hnV electric (hnVe), followed by the other three Balakovo nuclear units (all 1000 ARVe), then the Kalinin VVER-1000 reactors - Units 1 and 2 (VVER-1000 reactors, model V-338,1000 hnVe). Eventually, if the Russians finish the power plants at Rostov (Units 1 and 2) and the Kalinin Unit 3, those VVER-1000 units will be included in the program.

(F)(5) Description of end use by all consignees in sufficient detail to permit accurate evaluation of the justification for the proposed export or import, including the need for shipment by the dates spectiled:

The goal of the plutonium disposition program is to change the core loading of each VVER-1000 from an all-low-enriched uranium fuel to cores using upwards of 40% plutonium.

The program for making Mixed-Oxide (MOX) fuel in Russia will include the construction of a MOX uranium-plutonium fuel for use in the Russian nuclear reactors. This construction will require the use of new equipment for the manufacture of the pellets, rods and bundles of nuclear fuel. The newest (and possibly the best) commercial grade equipment is made in Europe, although the Russians have the capability to make similar equipment. Which equipment is procured in Europe, and whether any of that will be subject to U. S. export controls is unknown.

The Russian VVER-1000 reactors will need modification to their nuclear control and monitoring systems, fuel storage and handling, and possibly other systems to allow the use of 1/3 MOX cores. Some of the required equipment will probably come from the U. S., although the plant evaluations to identify these needs have not yet been started.

Each facility will generate waste material. The Russians have not decided which processes will be used to make the MOX fuel, or where the facilities will be located. Therefore, it is not possible to hEithd[6 Msid El types, amounts, or possible treatment needs, dl0 03Al30Fd 9%Lar s Ay"

Department of Energy Washington, DC 20585 May 17,1999 Ms. Betty L. Wright

!!xport/Impon Licensing Officer Office ofInternational Programs L%ited States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555

Dear Ms. Wright:

Herewith, I enclose an " Application to Expon Nuclear Material and Equipment", NRC Form 7.

I look forward to your favorable action. Ifyou have questions, please contact me at (202) 586-7493 or Stephen L. Passman at (202) 586-7993.

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