ML20207H412
| ML20207H412 | |
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| Issue date: | 02/26/1985 |
| From: | Dircks W NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
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| FOIA-87-3 SECY-85-069, SECY-85-69, NUDOCS 8808260470 | |
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William J. Dircks Executive Director for Operations (U)
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U.S. CITIZENS AT THE K0EBERG NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN SOUTH AFRICA (U)
Purpose:
To (1) provide the Commission infomation requested at a February 1 Comission meeting on the above subject, and (2) forward for !.ommission review questions and answers that may be of use in upcoming Congressional hearings.
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Background:
10 CFR Part 810, which implements Section 57.b of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, requires that certain l
assistance to foreign nuclear programs must be authorized by l
the Secretary of Energy unless specifically authorized under an agreement for cooperation.
Ir, February 1983, the Departmept of Energy issued an amended Part 810 that, among other things, requires case-by-case review of all such assistance to non-nuclear weapons states not parties to the NPT, except those accepting fullscope safeguards or for which the Treaty of Tlatelolco is currently in force.
(Such reviews are also requiVed for Iran, Itiq, Libya, Syria, and Afghanistan.) Prior to that time, specific authorization for power reactor-related assistance to South Africa was not
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The final rule excluded frein coverage any activities prior to September 17, 1982.
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The Comission will recall that in September 1983 the Executive Branch authorized activities involving assistance to the safeguarded Koeberg Nuclear Power Plant in South Africa. Action on these long-pending requests had been awaiting development of a comprehensive policy regarding nuclear exports to South Africa. However, since that time only one additional activity covered by Part 810, the extension of a previously existing contract, has been Multiple Sources CONTACT:
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i The Commission 5 l r (C) ter onn ng onin on, e sta , on ebruary informed DOE that NRC had "no objection" to the State e Department's reconsnendation that the then-pending and future Part 810 applications by American individuals to work j at Koeberg be denied. (C) l NRC's Current Involvement (U) At the present time, NRC's involvement in this matter is limited to the review of the Part 810 cases at hand. However, in an effort to prevent future inadvertent violations of Part 810, the staff has prepared, in cooperation with DOE, a notice to infonn all NRC reactor licensees, licensed reactor operators and appropriate NRC officials of the Part 810 requirements (Appendix D). l (U) As a separate but related mctter, the South African Atomic Energy Corporation has offer sition in its l li anch to an NRC employee l ! While NRC has not been rectly invo the arrange
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in which he is infonned in an advisory opinion that his proposed employment is not subject to the provisions of Part 810. l (U) Finally, the staff has learned that one current NRC employee I (a regional inspector) and a recent applicant for a position at NRC were fonnerly employed by ESCOM in South Africa. The NRC inspector was employed under contracts which apparently predate the February 1983 amendments to 10 CFR Part 810, but we are not sure of the situation with regard to the recent applicant, whose work for ESCOM was between 1981 and 1984. Copies of the correspondence in NRC files regarding these two individuals are attached at Appendix F. The staff plans to infonn DOE of these two individuals and will cooperate in any follow-up activities that DOE might request. l I
/ The Commission 6 Reonest from Representative Markey (U) On January 25, Representative Markey wrote to Chairman Palladino requesting infonnation on NRC's involvement in and knowledge of these matters. The staff has forwarded separately a proposed response to Representative Markey. Q's and A's (U) Attached at Appendix G are draft Q's and A's on this South Africa matter which the Comission may wish to use as appropriate during forthcoming Congressional hearings. ..,3 (C)
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.,4._ hJ2 du -.l.1.I' ' : i (U) The responsible official at DOE has also agreed to brief the Commission on this matter should the Connission so request. N 45 N. William J. Dircks Executive Director for Operations Appendices: A. 9/20/84RegionII/ESCOM(U) B. Unclassified Portion of February Comission Meeting (U) C. 2/1/85SNECMinutes(C) D. Notice to NRC Reactor Licensees onPart810(U) E. 12/20/84 Thorne/Norris(U) F. Correspondence re NRC employees DISTRIBUTION: previously emplo c issioners Q'sandA's(U)yedbyESCOM(U) G. gpg EDO ELD REGIONAL OFFICES SECY __.-}}