ML19325D439
| ML19325D439 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 07/21/1989 |
| From: | Carr K NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Markey E HOUSE OF REP. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML19325C171 | List: |
| References | |
| MARKEY-890721, NUDOCS 8910240110 | |
| Download: ML19325D439 (1) | |
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OUESTION 4:-
The NRC staff memo indicates that "there are no presentlNRC~
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If this is the case, how could NRC be confident that:" existing U.S.
j Government export control measures are adequate"--as NRC.
l' told me earlier this year?
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There are no domestic safeguards. requirements i.pplicable to tritium. NRC does.
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require that tritium exports. be-controlled.in accordance with conditions in-the licenses. Control measures for tritium exports include review of proposed
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r destination and end use, stipulations that material only be used for. stated 1
purposest restrictions on the quantity of tritium per shipnent and~ total quantity. shipped per year, and requirements for retransfer approvel. Taken in
. conjunction with control requirements imposed in recipient countries principally for health and safety reasons, we believe these measures are
' adequate to ensure.that'. tritium is-appropriately controlled..
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