ML20151R532

Requests Executive Branch Position on Edlow Intl Co Application for License to Export 60,000 Ci Tritium to Japan

ML20151R532
Person / Time
Issue date:	08/01/1988
From:	Peterson M NRC OFFICE OF GOVERNMENTAL & PUBLIC AFFAIRS (GPA)
To:	Thorne C STATE, DEPT. OF, BUREAU OF OCEANS & INTL. ENVIRONMENT
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NUDOCS 8808120206
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k AUG 1 ~ 1989 Mr. Carlton E. Thorne, Director Office of Nuclear Export and Import Control Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs U.S. Department of State Washington, D.C.

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Dear Mr. Thorne:

Enclosed please find a request from Edlow International Co. to export 60,000 curies of tritium to Japan. The material will be used for research and development of tritium processing and safe handling technology at the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute Department of Thermonuclear Fusion Research Tritium Process Laboratory.

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

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Enclosure:

Appl dtd 7/21/88 (XB001269-Japan) cc w/

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Mr. Ted Hart, DOE Mr. Robin DeLaBarre, DOS Ms. Nataly Martin, DOE Mr. Gary Bray, ACDA Mr. Gerald Oplinger, D00 880812O206 880801 PDR XPORT XB-1269 PNU

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APPP.OVED SY i)AO t04:e a sto APPLICATION FOR LICENSE TO EXPORT NUCLEAP m 22stRoss21 MATERI AL AND EQUIPMENT (See /nstruerions on newese/

1. APPuCANTS la. D ATE OF APPLIC ATION

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'RIS Edlow Internativnal Co. as Agent for

. Naut Janan Atmic Enerev Research Institute Department of Enerny

3. S T R E E T A D D R E SS a NAME 1815 H Street. N.W.. Suite 910 Oak Ridge National Liboratorv

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b. STRE E T ADDRESS Washington DC 20006 P.O. Box 2008

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c. CIT V STATE ZIP CODE (202) 833-8237 Oak Ridge TN 37831 S. FIRST SHIPMENT S. FINAL SHIPMENT 7. APPLICANTS CONTRACTUAL 3. PROPOSED LICENSE S. UJ. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SCHEDULED SCHEDULED DELIVERY DATE EXPIRATION DATE CONTR ACT NO. (t/ Knoswil One year from December 1988 date of issue

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Japan Atomic Enerce Research Institute Research and development of tritium processing and safe handling technology

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Tel (202) 833-8237 Tlx 64387 & 6491095 Faz (202) 2231214 July 21, 1988 Ms B. Wright U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Export / Import and International Safeguards Office of International Programs, WF1, 3-H-5, Washington D.C. 20555.

Dear Ms Wright,

I attach for your kind consideration two (2) applications to export tritium to Japan.

The first is for 60,000 curies as tritium gas for use in JAERI's Tritium Process Laboratory (see 'U.S.

tmC license no. XB001252).

The second application is for three (3) tritiated targets each containing 650 curies of tritium for use with JAERI's FNS Deuteron Accelerator.

Please contact me if you require any additional inforration in connection with these application.

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