[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 55 (Tuesday, March 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 15141]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-6918]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Office of Arms Control and Nonproliferation; Proposed Subsequent 
Arrangement

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Subsequent arrangement.

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SUMMARY: This notice is being issued under the authority of Section 131 
of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2160). 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 of America and the Republic of South 
Africa.
    This subsequent arrangement concerns the cropping and transfer of 
49 U.S.-origin spent fuel elements consisting of 5700.1 grams of 
uranium, of which 4276.6 grams of the isotope U-235 is 90 percent 
enriched, from the Pelindaba Safari Reactor storage facility to the 
Thabana Pipe Storage facility for long-term storage. The transfer, 
cropping and storage of the 49 fuel elements will be done under IAEA 
supervision and will take no longer than 2 months to complete. The 
purpose of the transfer is to alleviate the shortage of storage space 
at the Pelindaba Safari Reactor facility.
    In accordance with Section 131 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 
amended, we have determined that this subsequent arrangement will not 
be inimical to the common defense and security.
    This subsequent arrangement will take effect no sooner than fifteen 
days after the date of publication of this notice.

    For the Department of Energy.
Trisha Dedik,
Director, International Policy and Analysis Division for Arms Control 
and Nonproliferation, Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation.
[FR Doc. 00-6918 Filed 3-20-00; 8:45 am]
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