ML20235C351

Partially Withheld Commission Paper Re Request for Hearing on Applications to Import U of South African Origin.Summary & Analysis of Petition to Intervene & Response & Draft Order Encl.W/O Encls

ML20235C351
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Issue date:	05/21/1987
From:	Parler W NRC OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL (OGC)
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References
FOIA-87-288, TASK-AIA, TASK-SE SECY-87-128, NUDOCS 8707090390
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ADJUDICAkbRY ISSUE May 21, 1L01 SECY-87-128 (Affirmation) i l

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REQUEST FOR HEARING ON APPLICATIONS TO IMPORT  !

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Prior History: A discussion of the issues raised by the -

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Discussion: Background On October 2, 1986 Congress enacted the - l Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986. 1 l

Se,etion 309 of that Act prohibits the import into the United States of (1) uranium ore, '

and (2) uranium oxide that is produced or manufactured in South Africa. Following enactment of this legislation, the commission promulgated regulations which provided that i no South Africa-origin uranium, regardless of -

its form, could be imported into the United States without a license from the NRC.

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Eight license applications requesting authorization to import South Africa-origin uranium have been f11ed with the commission.

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Ecuse of Representatives (Congressmen Dellums, Dymally, Gray, Markey, Rangel, Richardson, and Wolpe), TheOil,egenicaland Atomic Workers Internationk'1 Union , the Nuclear Control Institute, the American committee on Africa, and the Washington Office on Africa filed a~ Petition for Leave '

to Intervene and Request for Espring. After ,

the period for filing intervention requests had expired, petitioners moved to amend their Petition to include Robert L. Chavez (an unemployed uranium miner), New Mexico state '

Senator Carlos cisneros, and Henry Issacs (a South African exile)..# i 1

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the eleven existing licenses which authorize the import of South il African crigin uranium. The license revocation issue is i' i

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Commissioners' comments or consent should be provided directly to the Office of the Secretary by c.o.b. Friday, June 5, 1987.

This paper is tentatively scheduled for affirmation at an Open Meeting during the Week of June 8, 1987. Please refer to the appropriate Weekly Commission Schedule, when published, for a specific date and time.

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