[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 25, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 30326]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-12919]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Proposed Subsequent Arrangement
AGENCY: Office of Nonproliferation and International Security, National
Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy.
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 paragraph 2
of Article 5 of the Agreement for Cooperation Between the Government of
the United States of America and the Government of Japan Concerning
Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy.
DATES: This subsequent arrangement will take effect no sooner than June
9, 2011.
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 e-
mail: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This subsequent arrangement concerns the
alteration in form or content of 28.276 kg (24.541 ekg) of U.S.-origin
highly enriched uranium (HEU) (26.342 kg U-235) and 0.0048 g of
plutonium contained in three HEU driver fuels that have been irradiated
in the YAYOI nuclear research reactor at the University of Tokyo in
Tokai-mura, Japan. The University of Tokyo will off-load three HEU
driver fuels from the core of YAYOI to be cut and de-cladded in the
reactor room into approximately 140 pieces, each cut piece weighing
approximately 200 g. The HEU will be converted to uranium oxide and
downblended to approximately 18% at the Japan Atomic Energy Agency
(JAEA) Plutonium Fuel Fabrication Facility, and then will be
temporarily stored at the JAEA Tokai Plutonium Fuel Production
Facility. The downblended HEU is planned for use as fuel for the JAEA
experimental fast reactor JOYO. The alteration in form of the HEU will
start in Japanese fiscal year 2012 and will continue for approximately
one year.
In accordance with section 131a. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954,
as amended, it has been determined that this subsequent arrangement
concerning the storage or disposition of irradiated fuel elements will
not be inimical to the common defense and security.
Dated: May 11, 2011.
For the Department of Energy.
Anne M. Harrington,
Deputy Administrator, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation.
[FR Doc. 2011-12919 Filed 5-24-11; 8:45 am]
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