Notice2023-01958
Assistance to Foreign Atomic Energy Activities; Secretarial Determination
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Published
January 31, 2023
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Energy Department
Abstract
On December 29, 2022, the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) issued a determination revoking the general authorizations for exports of controlled nuclear technology and assistance to Colombia and Egypt under DOE's regulation on Assistance to Foreign Atomic Energy Activities. Accordingly, DOE is publishing this determination.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 31, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6243-6244]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01958]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Assistance to Foreign Atomic Energy Activities; Secretarial
Determination
AGENCY: National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Department of
Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: On December 29, 2022, the Secretary of Energy (Secretary)
issued a determination revoking the general authorizations for exports
of controlled nuclear technology and assistance to Colombia and Egypt
under DOE's regulation on Assistance to Foreign Atomic Energy
Activities. Accordingly, DOE is publishing this determination.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Katie Strangis, Deputy Director,
Office of Nonproliferation and Arms Control (NPAC), National Nuclear
Security Administration, Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue
SW, Washington, DC 20585, telephone (202) 586-8623; Mr. Thomas Reilly,
Office of the General Counsel, GC-74, Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, telephone (202) 586-3417;
or Mr. Zachary Stern, Office of the General Counsel, National Nuclear
Security Administration, Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue
SW, Washington, DC 20585, telephone (202) 586-8627.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 29, 2022, the Secretary issued a
determination revoking the general authorizations for exports to
Colombia and Egypt of controlled nuclear technology and assistance. The
text of the determination is reprinted below. The Atomic Energy Act of
1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2077) (AEA), enables peaceful nuclear trade
by helping to assure that nuclear technologies exported from the United
States will not be used for non-peaceful purposes.
Part 810 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (part 810)
implements section 57 b.(2) of the AEA, pursuant to which the Secretary
has granted a general authorization for certain categories of
activities which the Secretary has found to be non-inimical to the
interest of the United States--including assistance or transfers of
technology to the ``generally authorized destinations'' listed in
appendix A to part 810. Section 810.10 authorizes the Secretary to
revoke any general or specific authorization.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of Energy was signed on January 25,
2023, by Katie D. Strangis, Deputy Director, Office of Nonproliferation
and Arms Control, National Nuclear Security Administration, 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 January 26, 2023.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
Appendix
Set forth below is the full text of the Secretarial
Determination:
Determination and Revocation of General Authorizations Pursuant to
Department of Energy Regulations at 10 CFR Part 810 Regarding Exports
of Nuclear Technology and Assistance to Colombia and Egypt
Having considered the Department of Energy's National Nuclear
Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) recommendation of revocation, I
have determined pursuant to 10 CFR 810.10(c) that general
authorizations for exports of Part 810--controlled nuclear
technology and assistance to Colombia and Egypt no longer meet the
non-inimicality standard specified in section 57 b.(2) of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954, as amended.
Whether a destination is determined to be generally or
specifically authorized depends on a number of factors, including
the existence of a bilateral peaceful nuclear cooperation agreement
(``123 agreement'') with the United States. The U.S.-Colombia 123
Agreement expired on September 17, 2013. The U.S.-Egypt 123
Agreement expired on December 31, 2021. In the absence of 123
agreements with Colombia and Egypt, I have determined that the
general authorizations for exports of Part 810--controlled nuclear
technology and assistance to Colombia and Egypt no longer meet the
non-inimicality standard.
I therefore revoke the general authorizations for exports to
Colombia and Egypt of Part 810--controlled nuclear technology and
assistance, in accordance with 10 CFR 810.10.
Accordingly, as of the date on which this determination is
issued, all exports of Part 810-controlled nuclear technology and
assistance to Colombia and Egypt that are not eligible for a general
authorization listed in 10 CFR 810.6(b)-(g) shall require specific
authorization pursuant to 10 CFR 810.7(a).
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Persons engaging in activities that were previously generally
authorized before the date of this determination, but that require
specific authorization following the revocation of the general
authorizations for Colombia and Egypt, must request specific
authorization within 30 days of publication of this determination in
the Federal Register, and may continue their activities until DOE
acts on the request.
Date: December 29, 2022.
Jennifer Granholm,
Secretary of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2023-01958 Filed 1-30-23; 8:45 am]
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