[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 244 (Wednesday, December 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 65671]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-30889]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. Part 110]


In the Matter of Holders of Specific Licenses Authorizing Exports 
of Utilization Facilities and Source or Special Nuclear Materials to 
Euratom; Order Suspending Licenses

Effective January 1, 1996.

I

    The licensees that are subject to this order hold specific licenses 
issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission) 
pursuant to Sections 53, 54a, 57, 64, 82, 103, 104 of the Atomic Energy 
Act of 1954, as amended (AEA) and 10 CFR part 110. These specific 
licenses authorize exports to EURATOM of utilization facilities, 
special nuclear materials, and source materials for nuclear and uses 
under the terms of an Agreement for Cooperation between the U.S. and 
EURATOM.

II

    The current U.S.-EURATOM Agreement for Cooperation will expire on 
December 31, 1995. A new Agreement has been approved by authorities on 
both sides, but must sit before Congress for review for up to 90 days 
of continuous legislative session. Under Section 123 of the AEA, the 
NRC is prohibited from authorizing any exports to a foreign nation 
pursuant to Section 53, 54a, 57, 64, 82, 103 or 104 of the AEA in the 
absence of an Agreement for Cooperation between the U.S. and the 
foreign nation.

III

    Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 123, 161b, 161i, 183, and 186 of 
the AEA, and 10 CFR 110.50(a)(1) and (2) and 110.52, from January 1, 
1996 until such time that a new U.S.-EURATOM agreement comes into 
force,\1\ NRC specific license authorization for nuclear exports to 
EURATOM under Sections 53, 54a, 57, 64, 82, 103, 104 of the AEA is 
suspended.\2\ This suspension order expires by operation of law when a 
new Agreement for Cooperation between the U.S. and EURATOM comes into 
force and necessary assurances form EURATOM are received.

    \1\ The EURATOM Member States are: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, 
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, 
Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. 
Licensees holding free-standing licenses to Finland, Spain, or 
Sweden may continue direct exports to these countries because they 
had concluded bilateral Agreements with the U.S. before joining 
EURATOM. Such Agreements will remain valid until a new U.S.-EURATOM 
Agreement comes into force.
    \2\ In accordance with 10 CFR 110.52(c), the Commission finds 
that licensees need not be afforded an opportunity to reply and be 
heard since this action is required by operation of law and the 
common defense and security.
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    Dated: at Rockville, Maryland this 14th day of December, 1995.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Carlton R. Stoiber,
Director, Office of International Programs.
[FR Doc. 95-30889 Filed 12-19-95; 8:45 am]
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