Notice2025-17866
Assistance to Foreign Atomic Energy Activities Secretarial Determination
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Published
September 16, 2025
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Energy Department
Abstract
On September 4, 2025, the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) issued a Determination adding the Philippines and Singapore to the generally authorized destinations list for exports of controlled nuclear technology and assistance under DOE's regulation on Assistance to Foreign Atomic Energy Activities at 10 CFR part 810. Accordingly, DOE is publishing this Determination.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 177 (Tuesday, September 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44651-44652]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-17866]
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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 September 4, 2025, the Secretary of Energy (Secretary)
issued a Determination adding the Philippines and Singapore to the
generally authorized destinations list for exports of controlled
nuclear technology and assistance under DOE's regulation on Assistance
to Foreign Atomic Energy Activities at 10 CFR part 810. Accordingly,
DOE is publishing this Determination.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Richard Goorevich, Assistant
Deputy Administrator, Office of Nonproliferation and Arms Control
(NPAC), National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy,
1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, telephone (202) 586-
6836, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#94e6fdf7fcf5e6f0baf3fbfbe6f1e2fdf7fcd4fafae7f5baf0fbf1baf3fbe2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1f6d767c777e6d7b317870706d7a69767c775f71716c7e317b707a31787069">[email protected]</span></a>; Mr. Stephen Markus, Office of the
General Counsel, GC-74, Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue
SW, Washington, DC 20585, telephone (240) 243-3387,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ed9e99889d858883c3808c9f86989ead859cc3898288c38a829b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="37444352475f5259195a56455c4244775f461953585219505841">[email protected]</span></a>; 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, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bac0dbd9d2dbc8c394c9cedfc8d4fad4d4c9db94ded5df94ddd5cc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3842595b50594a41164b4c5d4a567856564b59165c575d165f574e">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 4, 2025, the Secretary issued a
determination adding the Philippines and Singapore to the generally
authorized destinations list for exports of controlled nuclear
technology and assistance under DOE's regulation on
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Assistance to Foreign Atomic Energy Activities at 10 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) part 810 (part 810). The text of the Determination is
reprinted below. Section 57 b.(2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954
(AEA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 2077(b)(2)), 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 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 certain controlled technology to the ``generally
authorized destinations'' listed in appendix A to part 810.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of Energy was signed on September
12, 2025, by Richard Goorevich, Assistant Deputy Administrator, 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 September 12, 2025.
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 Authorization Pursuant to Section 57 b.(2) of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as Amended, Regarding Exports of Nuclear
Technology and Assistance to the Philippines and Singapore
Having considered the recommendation of the Department of
Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA), the
U.S. Department of State's concurrence, and the consultations with
the U.S. Departments of Defense and Commerce and the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, I have determined pursuant to section 57
b.(2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, that a general
authorization under DOE's regulations at 10 CFR Part 810 (Part 810)
for exports of Part 810-controlled nuclear technology and assistance
to the Philippines and Singapore will not be inimical to the
interest of the United States, provided that no sensitive nuclear
technology or activities described in 10 CFR 810.7, Activities
Requiring Specific Authorization, are involved.
Whether a destination is determined to be generally or
specifically authorized depends on several factors, including the
existence of a peaceful nuclear cooperation agreement (123
agreement) with the United States. The Agreement for Cooperation
Between the Government of the United States of America and the
Government of the Republic of the Philippines Concerning Peaceful
Uses of Nuclear Energy was signed in San Francisco, California, on
November 16, 2023, and entered into force on July 2, 2024. The
Agreement for Cooperation between the Government of the United
States of America and the Government of the Republic of Singapore
Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy was signed in Singapore
on July 31, 2024, and entered into force on December 12, 2024. As
such, and in consideration of the relevant factors, I have
determined that general authorization status for the Philippines and
Singapore to cover exports of Part 810-controlled nuclear technology
and assistance under 10 CFR 810.6(a), Generally Authorized
Activities, meets the non-inimicality standard.
I therefore grant the Philippines and Singapore status as
generally authorized destinations under 10 CFR 810.6(a).
Accordingly, as of the date on which this Determination is
issued, all currently issued specific authorizations pursuant to 10
CFR 810.7(a) for exports of Part 810-controlled nuclear technology
and assistance to the Philippines and Singapore are eligible for the
general authorization under 10 CFR 810.6(a), subject to the
reporting requirements described in 10 CFR 810.12(e), Reports.
Initial reporting in accordance with 10 CFR 810.12(e) may also serve
to satisfy reporting requirements under 10 CFR 810.12(b) if
specified accordingly. Activities subject to 10 CFR 810.7(b)-(c)
continue to require specific authorization and separate reporting.
[FR Doc. 2025-17866 Filed 9-15-25; 8:45 am]
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