U.S. REQUEST FOR GOE ASSURANCES FOR EXPORT OF

UNCLAS STATE 011689


E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ENRG KNNP KSCA TRGY EG
SUBJECT: U.S. REQUEST FOR GOE ASSURANCES FOR EXPORT OF
NUCLEAR FUEL FOR ETTR-2 RESEARCH REACTOR AT ABU ZABAL
NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER


1. Embassy is requested to bring following to the attention
of GOE at earliest opportunity.


2. NRC No. XSNM03425--Transnuclear, Inc., acting as agent for
INVAP S.E. of Argentina, has applied for authorization to
export to Egypt via Argentina 8.9 kilograms U-235 in 45
kilograms uranium in the form of metal enriched to a maximum
of 19.75 percent in U-235. The material will be supplied by
the Dept. of Energy Y-12 Oak Ridge Facility and transferred
to Buenos Aires, Argentina, for fabrication into fuel
elements at the Constituyentes Centro Atomico for reload of
the ETTR-2 Research Reactor at the Abu Zabal Nuclear Research
Center, Egypt.


3. In order to approve this export, we need written GOE
confirmation that the nuclear material proposed for export
will, upon receipt in Egypt, be subject to the terms and
conditions of the 1981 Agreement for Cooperation between the
Government of the United States of America and the Government
of the Arab Republic of Egypt Concerning Peaceful Uses of
Nuclear Energy, and that the Abu Zabal Nuclear Research
Center is authorized to receive and possess the transferred
material.


4. Assurances from the Argentine Government have also been
requested pursuant to the U.S.-Argentina Agreement for
Cooperation for the intermediate export of the material to
Argentina for fuel fabrication.


5. Report of GOE response to this request should be slugged
for attention of ISN/NESS ) R. DeLaBarre. Questions/comments
may be sent via email to DeLaBarreR@state.sgov.gov
(classified) or delabarrer@state.gov (unclass).


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