[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 13, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34080-34081]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-9217]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Office of International Regimes and Agreements; Proposed 
Subsequent Arrangement

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of proposed 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 and the European Atomic Energy 
Community (EURATOM) and the Agreement for Cooperation Concerning Civil 
Uses of Atomic Energy between the United States and Norway.
    This subsequent arrangement involves the provision of programmatic 
consent to the Euratom Supply Agency and the Government of Norway for 
the retransfer

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of irradiated fuel rods containing a maximum of 30,000 grams of U.S.-
origin uranium, containing a maximum of 400 grams U-235, and a up to 
400 grams of U.S.-origin plutonium, from the Euratom Supply Agency to 
the Government of Norway for neutron radiography examination. The 
specified material, which is now located at Studsvik Nuclear AB, 
Nykoping, Sweden, will, upon approval, be transferred to the Institut 
for Energiteknikk (IFE), Halden, Norway between March 2006 and March 
2007. IFE Halden is a research institute within the fields of nuclear 
technology, man-machine communication, and energy technology. The 
material will be transferred in several shipments, with the plutonium 
weight per transport remaining below 100 grams. After neutron 
radiography examination in Norway, the Government of Norway will rely 
on this programmatic consent to have IFE Halden will return the 
material to Studsvik Nuclear for final disposal, subject to the same 
shipping limit of not more than 100 grams of plutonium per transport 
when the material is returned from Norway to Sweden.
    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.
Richard Goorevich,
Director, Office of International Regimes and Agreements.
[FR Doc. E6-9217 Filed 6-12-06; 8:45 am]
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