Notice2022-27899
Proposed Subsequent Arrangement
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Published
December 23, 2022
Effective
January 9, 2023
Issuing agencies
Energy Department
Abstract
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 Kingdom of Norway Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 246 (Friday, December 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78948-78949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27899]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Proposed Subsequent Arrangement
AGENCY: National Nuclear Security Administration, 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 Kingdom of Norway
Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy.
DATES: This subsequent arrangement will take effect no sooner than
January 9, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Andrea Ferkile, Office of
Nonproliferation and Arms Control, National Nuclear Security
Administration, Department of Energy. Telephone: 202-586-8868 or email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#05646b617760642b6360776e6c6960456b6b76642b616a602b626a73"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ed8c83899f888cc38b889f86848188ad83839e8cc3898288c38a829b">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This subsequent arrangement concerns the
alteration in form or content of U.S.-obligated nuclear material: (A)
unirradiated uranium in the form of fuel pellets and grinding
discharges in the amount and composition of 321.5 grams of U-235 in
unirradiated highly enriched uranium (HEU) between 90-93 percent
enrichment, and 143.8 grams of plutonium; and (B) irradiated uranium in
the form of spent fuel rods in the amount and composition of 2,935
grams irradiated HEU (containing a total of 1,838.4 grams of U-235 and
625.2 grams of U-233 and whose pre-irradiation U-235 enrichments were
between 90-93 percent) that is combined with 98,371 grams of thorium
and 0.5 grams of plutonium. The Institute for Energy Technology (IFE),
located in Kjeller, Norway, will downblend the irradiated HEU-
containing material identified above so as to result in an enrichment
level of 3.5% in the isotope U-235 and in the combined isotopes U-235
plus U-233. The remainder of the HEU (along with other U.S.-obligated
nuclear materials, including 9,809 grams of unirradiated low-enriched
uranium, 256 grams of natural uranium, 77 grams of depleted uranium,
7,886 grams of thorium, and the 143.8 g of unirradiated plutonium)
contained in unirradiated scrap material and grinding discards also
will be processed in the same manner. The final form of the U.S.-
obligated nuclear material will be a metallic alloy, comprising the
uranium, plutonium, and thorium together with additives such as
stainless steel, depleted uranium, and reductants, in the form of
cylindrical ingots, and will be stored at IFE. The processed U.S.-
obligated nuclear material will remain subject to the Agreement for
Cooperation Between the Government of
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the United States of America and the Government of the Kingdom of
Norway Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy until Norway and the
United States have agreed it is no longer useable for any nuclear
activity relevant from the point of view of safeguards and it is
finally disposed at a national disposal facility for radioactive waste.
Pursuant to the authority in section 131a. of the Atomic Energy Act
of 1954, as delegated, I have determined that this proposed subsequent
arrangement concerning the alteration in form or content of the U.S.-
obligated nuclear material will not be inimical to the common defense
and security.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of Energy was signed on December
19, 2022, by Corey Hinderstein, Deputy Administrator for Defense
Nuclear Nonproliferation, pursuant to delegated authority from the
Secretary of Energy. That document with the original signature and date
is maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in
compliance with requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the
undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to
sign and submit the document in electronic format for publication, as
an official document of the Department of Energy. This administrative
process in no way alters the legal effect of this document upon
publication in the Federal Register.
Signed in Washington, DC, on December 19, 2022.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2022-27899 Filed 12-22-22; 8:45 am]
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