[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 112 (Monday, June 11, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34367-34368]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-14114]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Proposed Subsequent Arrangement

AGENCY: Office of Nonproliferation and International Security, 
Department of Energy, (DoE).

ACTION: Proposed subsequent arrangement.

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SUMMARY: This notice 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 between the Government of the United States 
of America and the Government of the Republic of Korea Concerning Civil 
Uses of Atomic Energy, signed November 24, 1972, as amended 
(``Agreement for Cooperation'').

DATES: This subsequent arrangement will take effect no sooner than June 
26, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Sean Oehlbert, Office of 
Nonproliferation and International Security, National Nuclear Security 
Administration, Department of Energy. Telephone: 202-586-3806 or email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This subsequent arrangement concerns a 
proposed Joint Determination by the Government of the United States of 
America and the Government of the Republic of Korea pursuant to Article 
VIII(C) of the Agreement for Cooperation, that the provisions of 
Article XI of the Agreement for Cooperation may be effectively applied 
for the alteration in form or content of U.S.-origin nuclear material 
contained in irradiated nuclear fuel elements from pressurized water 
reactors, CANDU reactors, and a research reactor, at the Post 
Irradiation Examination Facility (PIEF), the Irradiated Material 
Examination Facility (IMEF), the Radio Isotope Production Area (RIPA), 
and the DUPIC Fuel Development Facility (DFDF), along with identified 
analytical laboratories, at the Headquarters of the Korea Atomic Energy 
Research Institute (KAERI), in accordance with the plan contained in 
documents KAERI/AR-889/2011, ``Post-Irradiation Examination and R&D 
Programs Using Irradiated Fuels at KAERI,'' dated June 2011, and KAERI/
AR-919/2012, ``DUPIC Fuel Fabrication Using Spent PWR Fuel at KAERI,'' 
dated February 2012. These facilities are found acceptable to both 
parties pursuant to Article VIII(C) of the Agreement for Cooperation 
for the sole purpose of alteration in form or content

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of irradiated fuel elements for post-irradiation examination and for 
research, development and manufacture of DUPIC fuel powders, pellets 
and elements for the period ending March 19, 2014. Any activities 
additional to the plans or changes in the equipment in these facilities 
will be reviewed by both parties to ensure the general consistency with 
the scope and objectives of the Joint Determination.
    In accordance with section 131a. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 
as amended, it has been determined that this subsequent arrangement 
will not be inimical to the common defense and security.

    Dated: May 28, 2012.

    For the Department of Energy.
Anne M. Harrington,
Deputy Administrator, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation.
[FR Doc. 2012-14114 Filed 6-8-12; 8:45 am]
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