ML20197C285

Concludes That Export Appl Transnuc Inc Is Consistent W/Nuc Nonproliferation Act & That Its Physical Security Protec Prog Will Be Consistent w/INFCIRC/225,Rev 1.Grants Exemption from Provisions of 10CFR110.43(A)

ML20197C285
Person / Time
Issue date:	10/13/1978
From:	Oplinger G NRC OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS (OIP)
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS (OIP)
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NUDOCS 7811210053
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s oranun. the taff has concluded that the proposed e> port <:oJld L-m uit-tent m th the rennti; enacted Nuclear Nonproliferation Act, inclujinn the r quin nt that physical security orm r.as adeq:. ate tc protect the raiterial, will be mintained in the Netherlends and +2e FR';.

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r.i e r 1>; written assurances (as required by 10 CFP 110.43(a)) that phpical securi ; mea:,;res providing as a minimum protection co parable to that set forth in li;FCIRC/22a, Rev.

1, will be,sintained have not vet been obta ined i rom the Governr:ents or the Netherlands and the FRG.

1 application was submitted to the NRC before lOy 19, 197S, the effective date of 10 CFR 110, and the standard assurances required prior to that date have bsen nbtained.

Based upor U.S. Governr.ent personnel

'isits to the Netherlands and the FRG, and other infernation, it is concluded that the physical protection system, equipment and procedures the fixed site facilities, and the pro:edures and equipment for ic transportati.on security in these countries are sdequate to physically protect the material requested in the subject application, and provide physical protection comparaole to that set forth in INFCIRC/?25, T<ev. 1.

k membr;rs of the Nuclear Suppliers Group, the Netherlands and the FW also have agreet' to levels of protection consistent with INFCIRC/225, Rev. 1.

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burdens upon thr. Netherlands and the FRG.

Thereforr, under authoritv delegatod to me on June 18, 1976, and pursuant to 10 CFR 110.10(a), i hcVe N ternined that exemption from the provisions of 10 CFR 110.43(a) for ritten essuranco is authorized by law, is not inimical to the m on defense and security and does not constitute an unreasonable r4ck pu:;lic health and safety and, accordingly, xemption from this rouiren nt is hereby granted. /

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