ML20246J812
| ML20246J812 | |
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| Issue date: | 12/05/1975 |
| From: | Karen Chapman NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | Stathakis G GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. |
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| FOIA-89-330 NUDOCS 8909050270 | |
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Dear Mr. Stathakis:
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S. '.E Your letter of December 3,1975 asks for the Unclear Regulatory Commission
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to stata its general vie.ra regarding inonance of licenses for the export
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of nuclear power reactors and special nuelcar naterial for the South Africa i,
Koeberg facility in the event the cor.oortium of which General Electric is a member vina the avstd for this project. CE has also asked for some
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indication from 1GC of the factors which would be taken into account in reviewing an application for nn export license, hy.
As your letter recognizes, no regulatory body can asoure a potential
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applicant that the licence vill be issued before the license application
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material, it must find that the export is under the terns of an Agreement
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for Cooperation and would not bo inimical to the comon defenso and security.
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we would tal.e into account in processing such applications once they are
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received. These factors would include the following:
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the U. S. and South Africa have an Agreement for Cooperation l,5 in effect that covers transfers of reactor components and
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well as fim contracts in force covering the separative work
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requirerento for cight coro loadinpa of the two facilitics.
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