[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 221 (Wednesday, November 16, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 80653]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-27511]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Proposed Subsequent Arrangement

AGENCY: Office of Nonproliferation and Arms Control, Department of 
Energy.

ACTION: Proposed subsequent arrangement.

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SUMMARY: This document is being issued under the authority of the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. The Department is providing 
notice of a proposed subsequent arrangement under Article 6 paragraph 2 
of the Agreement for Cooperation Between the Government of the United 
States of America and the Government of the Argentine Republic 
Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy.

DATES: This subsequent arrangement will take effect no sooner than 
December 1, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Richard Goorevich, Office of 
Nonproliferation and Arms Control, National Nuclear Security 
Administration, Department of Energy. Telephone: 202-586-0589 or email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This subsequent arrangement concerns the 
alteration in form or content of 17,729 g of U.S.-origin low enriched 
uranium (LEU), 3,502g of which is in the isotope of U-235 (19.75 
percent enrichment), in cartridges containing filters, located at 
Ezeiza Radioactive Management Area (AGE), and 19,849g of U.S.-origin 
LEU, 3,925g of which is in the isotope of U-235 (19.77 percent 
enrichment), contained in filters, located at the Fission Plant. 
Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica (CNEA) plans to recover and purify 
the slightly irradiated U.S.-origin LEU inventories held in filters of 
the Mo-99 production plant into a product to be used in the 
manufacturing of fuel elements and irradiation targets. The remaining 
radioisotope inventory will be set up for waste disposal. The recovery 
and purification will take place in the Radiochemical Laboratory 
Facility and the waste will be disposed in the AGE area. Both 
facilities are located in the Ezeiza Atomic Center. The material was 
obtained originally by CNEA from Y-12 pursuant to export licenses 
XSNM03348, XSNM3445, XSM3590, and XSNM3709. This will be an ongoing 
activity for the fission radioisotope production program at CNEA.
    In accordance with section 131a. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 
as amended, it has been determined that this subsequent arrangement 
concerning the alteration in form or content of nuclear material of 
United States origin will not be inimical to the common defense and 
security of the United States of America.

    Dated: November 1, 2016.

    For the Department of Energy.
Anne M. Harrington,
Deputy Administrator, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation.
[FR Doc. 2016-27511 Filed 11-15-16; 8:45 am]
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