ML20209E182
| ML20209E182 | |
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| Issue date: | 03/04/1985 |
| From: | Dircks W NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
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| FOIA-85-409, TASK-PINV, TASK-SE SECY-85-075, SECY-85-75, NUDOCS 8504080195 | |
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POLICY ISSUE (Notation Vote)
March 4, 1985 SEcY-85-75 For:
The Commission From:
William J. Dircks Executive Director for Operations
Subject:
PROPOSED RETRANSFER OF U.S.-ORIGIN HEAVY WATER FROM WEST GERMANY AND SWITZERLAND TO KOREA
Purpose:
To obtain Commission concurrence in a proposed response to DOE.
Discussion:
By memorandums of February 13 and February 25 (Appendix A), DOE has requested NRC's views on the proposed retransfer of 4,000 kilograms of U.S.-origin heavy water from West Germany to Korea and 1610 kilograms from Switzerland to Korea for use in the Wolsung reactor. These would be the first retransfers of U.S.-origin moderator material for use in this reactor.
DOE did not provide extensive analyses for these requests; however, the end use of the material appears to be appropriate and the staff has concluded that these retransfers present no concerns from a l-proliferation point of view. The 1972 U.S./ Korea Agreement for Cooperation contains the provisions necessary to meet the relevant 109(b) criteria of the NNPA; i.e., (1) there will be no use for nuclear explosive devices, (2) no U.S. export shall be transferred without prior U.S. consent, and (3)'
safeguards shall'be applied at the facility.
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-International The Republic of Korea is party to the Nonproliferatiod -
Safeguards and Treaty (NPT)andhasundertakenobligationstoaccept-Physical Security IAEA safeguards on all source and special nuclear Review:
material in its peaceful nuclear activities. The heavy water in these retransfers would not be covered t
directly by IAEA safeguards since the heavy water is not viewed as nuclear material by the IAEA under NPT i
agreements. The recipient power reactor in Korea is covered by a facility attachment under an IAEA safeguards agreement.
l The Wolsung reactor is a CANDU reactor which is an on-load reactor. The IAEA has encountered difficulties in safeguarding on-load reactors in the past. The staff understands that when this reactor was built a new safeguards system was included in the design of the plant to help the IAEA. The builder turned the safeguards system over to the IAEA in March of 1983 (before the plant started comercial operations). The IAEA safeguards system for nuclear material includes 8mm surveillance cameras, closed circuit TV and spent fuel bundle counters. Although there is insufficient information to make a determination on the effectiveness of IAEA safeguards at this reactor.at this time, the staff believes that the new system should result in impn,ved safeguards perfomance.
Recommendation:
That the Connission approve the dispatch of the attached proposed response to DOE (Appendix B) advising that NRC does not object to approval of the proposed requests.
Scheduling:
The interagency review period for the West Gemt.ny/
Korea case expires March 11 and for the. Swiss / Korea case expires March 18.
h 111am J. Dircks Enecutive Director or Operations Appendices:
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Memos fm DOE dtd 2/13 & 2/25 B.
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Commission Staff Office comments, if any, should be submitted to the. Commissioners NLT Thursday, March 7, 1985, with an i
information copy to the Office of the Secretary.
If the paper is of such a nature that it requires additional time for. analytical review and comment, the Commissioners and the Secretariat should be apprised of when comments may be expected.
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Department of Energy Washington, D.C. 20585 MEMORANDUM FEB 131985 l
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Mr. Archibald Andrews Office of Export Administration Department of Commerce Washington, DC 20520
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retransfer of heavy water from the FRG to Korea.
.e RTD/KO(EU)-2 DOE plans to approve this request without an analysis.
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The'approv21 of the United States to the transfer (for KfK Karlsruhe/ West Germany)
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the Government of South Korea ( for Korea w(Transferee) in the quantity and to a 4.>
of United States supplied es ci:1.ru:1:n material (hereinaf ter called "specified desc'ribed below mee ting the specificationstransferor ob tained pursuant. to. its Agreement for Cooperation f or Civil Us es with the United States Government..
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SPECIFIED MATERIEL (Fill in where appl.icab le)
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i The trans feror, with the concurr.ence of the trans f eree, will notify withiu aforesaid date,,the United States Department of Energy transferred.
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by th e transferor and transferee material will cease to be subject to the Agreement f'or Cooperation and
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FEB 2 5 1985 MEMORANDUM TO:
Mr. Archibald Andrews Office of Export Administration Department of Commerce P.O. Box 273 Washington, D.C.
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SUBJECT:
3l j 1978 RTD/KO (SD) -1 Attached for your review is. an MB-10 concerning the proposed ret::ansfer of heavy water from Switzerland to Korea.
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DOE plans to approve. this request without an analysis.
We would lj appreciate your comments within 20 days.
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The approval of the United States Department of Energy is hereby requested to the transfer from Swiss Federal Office of Energy, for European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
(Transf e ro r) the Government of the Pepublic of Korea for Korea Electric Power Corporation g,.
(Transferee) of United States s u p p li e d spcsed>skxmzetear ma t e ri al in the quantity and
-necting the spe cifications des cribed belov (hereinafter called "specified caterial") whi ch the trans feror ob tained ' pursuant to its Agreement for Coo p e ra ti on for Civil Us es. vi ch the United Statec Government.
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of the actual date and qu&ntity of material tr ans f e rred.
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Dear Mr. McDonough:
I With reference to your memorandumsof February 13 and February 25, this is to advise you that NRC does not object to DOE entering into subsequent arrangements for the retransfer of 4,000 kilograms of heavy water from West f
Gennany to Korea (RTD/K0(EU)-2) and 1,610 kilograms of heavy water from j
Switzerland to Korea for use in the Wolsung reactor (RTD/K0(SD)-1).
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