UAE ASSURANCES FOR PROVISION OF NUCLEAR-RELATED INFORMATION

UNCLAS ABU DHABI 001017 SENSITIVE SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR NEA/ARP (BMASILKO) AND ISN/NESS (ARDELABARRE, ASTUKALIN) E.O. 12958: NONE TAGS: PARM ENRG PGOV KNNP TRGY AE SUBJECT: UAE ASSURANCES FOR PROVISION OF NUCLEAR-RELATED INFORMATION REF: STATE 94796 Sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. (SBU) On September 9, Executive Affairs Authority Director of Economic Affairs David Scott provided Econoff with reftel assurances related to CH2MHILL's DOE authorization. Scott confirmed that 1) all nuclear related information transferred by a US entity to Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) will be used only for civil nuclear power activities and not for any nuclear explosive or other military purposes (although Scott clarified that, as the UAEG had raised in its 123 Agreement negotiations with the United States, the UAE military may consume electricity generated by civil nuclear power plants). Scott also confirmed that 2) no licensable nuclear-related information transferred by a US entity to ENEC will be retransferred to any country other than the United States without the prior consent of the Government of the United States. GREENE