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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box 25, folder \"Nuclear Policy Statement Meeting,\nSeptember 23, 1976\" of the James M. Cannon Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential\nLibrary.\nCopyright Notice\nThe copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of\nphotocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald Ford donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to\nremain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid\ncopyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nDigitized from Box 25 of the James M. Cannon Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nMEETING ON NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION\nThursday, Sept. 23, 1976\n8:30 a.m.\naccomplished verbally -\nstni to be contler down\nto\n156 Thouty- - Auspitable\nNFAA - Poun\nw Drawty\nis dropping\nengrage - look\nfor us &\nlet -\nNO Comm twell\n-\nhis\nNeveley\nGERALD LIBRARY ? FORD\nDEVELOPME\nUNITED STATES\nSTATES WESEA HOMELA STATE ADMINISTR\nENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION\nWASHINGTON, D.C. 20545\nUSA\nSeptember 22, 1976\n976 SEP 22 PM 12 57\nMEMORANDUM TO:\nBRENT SCOWCROFT\nJIM CANNON\nJIM LYNN\nJIM CONNOR\nCHARLES ROBINSON\nFROM:\nBOB FRIED this\nSUBJECT:\n2:00 Meeting\nAttached are some notes on the current state of play on our\nnon-proliferation/NFAA negotiations, as background for our meeting.\nCC: Jim Mitchell\nGlenn Schleede\nDave Elliott\nwe agreed to a tuger\nof top p we want\neven\nP come fund\nFORD 3 LIBRARY 076870\ncouple 4 yrs\nHere: now for D 'we\nCenner\n\\\nP ourside of NRC\nAMERICAN REVOLUTION WENTENNING\n1776-1976\n®\nwe of with control of\naccept The coupt\nwater But -\nP overations\nNO\nConcement realution\nAUGST\nBOB\nvsig\n30\nH St to have somether\n100\nSymmyton ACT Ayro tue\narrial off dul V u aid\nNDC arts\nP can overadi\ncase un\ncalender days by it Vlexolutive\n30 to exam x pars it\nvolutiving to owner\nHe can veto\nN3 th overate veto\nNonProliferation/NFAA\nIssue\nNFAA\nKey persons will not remove holds. Alternative legislation\n(attached) proposed to:\n1. Authorize Portsmouth\n2. Require study of public VS. private\nSome accommodation is possible, but might have to include\nCongressional review prior to submitting contracts.\nThe problem seems to be that those opposed to NFAA do not want\nto pass a bill that prejudges commitment to private sector.\nNonProliferation\nThere are seven key issues, which are the issues raised in the\nletter to the President of last Friday. Agreement on principle is\ngood in all cases, but language problems remain on five issues.\nOf these, two appear easy to handle, and three are difficult to resolve\n(potentially unsolvable.) An explanatory table is attached.\nSenate, House, ERDA, and State staff are now meeting to:\n1. Agree on language where possible.\n2. Formulate alternative language where agreement is not\npossible.\nSuggested arrangement is:\n1. Agreement on clean bill is reached by all parties, or\nnothing goes forward.\n2. House, Senate, and Administration agree on legislative\nprocess before agreed bill is released. Objective\nwould be to:\na. Pass identical bill in both houses.\nb. Give the JCAE major credit.\nLIDRARY\nFORD\nKey Issues\nSenate Bill\nHouse Bill\n070830\nPossible Compromise\n1.\nTrigger of stricter\nPresident defers\nCriteria become\nStrong statement of\n\"Phase Two\" criteria\napplication of\neffective when all agree\nCongressional intent\ncriteria year by year\nplus requirement that\nPresident submit legisla-\ntion to tighten criteria\nevery year. (This is\nwh\nHur\nthe most difficult\nissue)\nReprocessing\nDoes not clearly\nWould allow\nPrinciple of House\ncriteria\nallow reprocessing\nreprocessing in\nbill seems acceptable.\nin \"acceptable\"\n\"accepable\"\nLanguage is very\ncountries)\ncountries\ndifficult to write.\n3.\nPresidential\nRequires President\nPresident can\nHouse override provision\noverride of NRC\nto change export\noverride NRC\nplus 60-day delay\nlicensing criteria\nduring which Congress\non a case-by-case\ncan pass joint\nbasis\nresolution to override\nPresident\n4.\nGovernment to\nThis is a minor technical problem blown out\ngovernment trans-\nof proportion and now resolved in our favor\nfers\n5.\nNuclear Prolifera-\nRequired on\nNot required\nRequire only for new\ntion Assessment\nvirtually\nAgreements for Coopera-\nStatement\neverything\ntion, and then separate\nfrom President's\napproval of Agreement\n(This appears settled)\nKey Issues\nSenate Bill\nHouse Bill\nPossible Compromise\n6.\nComponents and\nAllows NRC to\nLimits NRC to\nBroadens NRC control\nsubstances\nlicense selected\ncomponents; no\nto selected components\ncomponent or sub-\nveto over Commerce\nor substances; no\nstance and veto any\nveto. (This appears\nexport by Commerce\nsettled)\n7.\nReports to\nRequires President to\nNo such requirement\nNo requirement;\nCongress\nidentify Agreements\nhowever, President\nto be renegotiated\nreports back on\nnonproliferation\nstatus of other\ncountries, (possibly\nin classified form.)\n(This is nearly\nsettled)\nAMENDMENT TO S. 3770--NUCLEAR FUEL ASSURANCE STUDY/PORTSMOUTH ADD-ON\nExplanation: This amendment adds a new section to S. 3770, including\nthe $255 million Portsmouth authorization contained in S. 2035 and\nrequiring a Presidential report comparing private vs. Government\nenrichment options.\nSection\n-\n(a) The Administrator of Energy Research and Development\nis hereby authorized and directed to initiate construction planning\nand design, construction, and operation activities for expansion\nof an existing uranium enrichment facility at the earliest possible\ndate. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated $255,000,000\nfor this purpose. Nothing in this Act shall delay the implementation\nof this subsection.\n(b) The President is directed to submit a report to Congress no\nlater than April 15, 1977 including\n(1) a comparative analysis of the advantages and disadvantages\nof meeting future uranium enrichment requirements through--\n(a) entering into cooperative arrangements to encourage\nthe development of a competitive private uranium enrichment\nindustry,\n(b) further expanding Government uranium enrichment capacity,\nor\n(c) a combination of the above.\nThis analysis shall give particular emphasis to the impact of each\nof these alternatives on the worldwide proliferation of nuclear\nexplosive devices and efforts to control the spread of sensitive\nnuclear technology;\n(2) a detailed discussion of the safeguards against diversion\nof materials and technology, including physical security, to be\nmaintained at Government and any proposed private uranium\nenrichment facilities under the jurisdiction of the United States;\nand\n(3) projections as to the supply of and demand for enriched\nuranium in domestic and foreign markets through the year 1990\nand an assessment of U,S. and foreign natural uranium reserves."
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