82 FR 17645 - Proposed Subsequent Arrangement

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 69 (April 12, 2017)

This document is being issued under the authority of section 131a. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. The Department is providing notice of a proposed subsequent arrangement under the Agreement for Cooperation Concerning Civil Uses of Atomic Energy between the Government of the United States and the Government of Canada.

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 69 (Wednesday, April 12, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17645-17646]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-07387]


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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 section 
131a. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. The Department is 
providing notice of a proposed subsequent arrangement under the 
Agreement for Cooperation Concerning Civil Uses of Atomic Energy 
between the Government of the United States and the Government of 
Canada.

DATES: This subsequent arrangement will take effect no sooner than 
April 27, 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 
alteration in form or content of 5 kg of U.S.-origin low enriched 
uranium (LEU) metal, 987.5 g of which is in the isotope of U-235 (19.75 
percent enrichment) and which was exported to Canadian Nuclear 
Laboratories (CNL) among 100.095 kg of LEU containing 19.776 kg U-235. 
The LEU was exported for the LEU National Research Universal (NRU) 
Driver Fuel supply and will now be used for a Plate-Type Proof of 
Principle

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Project, the purpose of which is to demonstrate that CNL can fabricate 
plate-type fuel products to industry specifications and successfully 
irradiate those products. The material is currently in the original 
elemental uranium chemical and physical state. The final chemical and 
physical form of nuclear material will be two different types of 
miniature fuel plates: 1. U3Si2 dispersion in an aluminum matrix clad 
with an aluminum alloy; and 2. UA1x dispersion in an aluminum matrix 
clad with aluminum alloy. The material will be fabricated in the 
Nuclear Fuel Fabrication Facilities at Chalk River Laboratories (CRL), 
irradiated in the NRU Reactor and then Post Irradiation Examination 
(PIE) will take place in the Universal Cell at CRL.
    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 of nuclear material of United States 
origin will not be inimical to the common defense and security of the 
United States of America.

    Dated: March 22, 2017.

    For the Department of Energy.
David Huizenga,
Acting Deputy Administrator, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation.
[FR Doc. 2017-07387 Filed 4-11-17; 8:45 am]
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