82 FR 16176 - Proposed Subsequent Arrangement

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 62 (April 3, 2017)

This document is being issued under the authority of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. The Department is providing notice of a proposed subsequent arrangement under the Agreement for Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy between the United States and the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom).

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 62 (Monday, April 3, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16176-16177]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06543]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Proposed Subsequent Arrangement

AGENCY: Office of Nonproliferation and Arms Control, Department of 
Energy.

ACTION: Proposed subsequent arrangement.

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SUMMARY: This document is being issued under the authority of the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. The Department is providing 
notice of a proposed subsequent arrangement under the Agreement for 
Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy between the United 
States and the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom).

DATES: This subsequent arrangement will take effect no sooner than 
April 18, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Richard Goorevich, Office of 
Nonproliferation and Arms Control, National Nuclear Security 
Administration, Department of Energy. Telephone: 202-586-0589 or email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This subsequent arrangement concerns the 
change of end use and alteration in form and content of 3.510 kg of 
U.S.-obligated high enriched uranium (HEU), 3.264 kg of which is in the 
isotope of U-235 (~93.00 percent enrichment). This material was among 
the 93.5 kg of HEU, 87.3 kg of which was in the isotope of U-235 (93.35 
percent enrichment), which was exported, pursuant to export license 
XSNM3622, to Compagnie pour l'Etude et la R[eacute]alisation de 
Combustibles Atomiques (CERCA), Romans, France to be manufactured into 
fuel for the BR2 research and isotope production reactor in Belgium. 
The remaining HEU that is at CERCA, currently in the form of U-metal 
(1.410 kg U\Tot\) and UAlx-powder (2.10 kg U U\Tot\), will 
be fabricated into HEU targets (dispersion UAlx-Al, annular 
geometry) for commercial production of medical radioisotopes. The 
targets will be irradiated in BR2 (Belgium), High Flux Reactor (The 
Netherlands), LVR-15 (Czech Republic) and Maria (Poland) research 
reactors. The irradiated targets will be transferred to the Institute 
for Radioelements facility in Belgium

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where Molybdenum-99 and other isotopes will be extracted.
    In accordance with section 131a. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 
as amended, it has been determined that this subsequent arrangement 
concerning the change of end use and alternation in form or content of 
U.S. obligated nuclear material will not be inimical to the common 
defense and security of the United States of America.

    Dated: March 21, 2017.

    For the Department of Energy.
David Huizenga,
Acting Deputy Administrator, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation.
[FR Doc. 2017-06543 Filed 3-31-17; 8:45 am]
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