[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 123 (Monday, June 28, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 36076]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-14684]


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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 has been 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 and the European Atomic Energy 
Community (EURATOM) and the Agreement for Cooperation Between the 
United States and Japan Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy.
    This subsequent arrangement concerns the retransfer of 594.94 grams 
of U.S.-origin uranium (2.26 grams U-235) and 7.04 grams plutonium from 
Studsvik Research Center, Nykoping, Sweden, to the Japan Atomic Energy 
Research Institute (JAERI). The nuclear material being retransferred is 
contained in segments of reactor fuel rods cut out at the Studsvik Hot 
Cell Laboratory for analysis of the burn up rates by JAERI. The 
analysis will support the Studsvik development of a database of 
information regarding how uranium oxide and mixed-oxide (MOX) react at 
high burn-up rates.
    These material segments will undergo post-irradiation examination 
at JAERI, which will take ownership of the material when the transport 
leaves Studsvik. Upon completion of the analysis, the material will be 
handled as waste and stored in Japan.
    In accordance with section 131 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 
amended, we have determined that this subsequent arrangement is not 
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.
Kurt Siemon,
Acting Director, Office of Nonproliferation Policy.
[FR Doc. 04-14684 Filed 6-25-04; 8:45 am]
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