LETTER TO HARRY MARSHALL FROM JAMES R. SHEA

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• Document Creation Date: January 4, 2017
• Document Release Date: April 10, 2008
• Sequence Number: 35
• Publication Date: November 30, 1981
• Content Type: LETTER

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STAT
November 30, 1981
Mr. Harry Marshall
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Oceans Environmental &
Scientific Affairs
Room 7831
U.S. Department of State
Washington, D.C. 20520
Dear Mr. Marshall:
Enclosed, for your information, is a copy of a letter which the
Commission sent to appropriate Congressional committees regarding
IAEA safeguards.
Sincerely,
Original signed by
'amen R. Shea
James R. Shea, Director
Office of International Programs
Enclosure:
Letter dtd 11/27/81 to Hon. Larry
Pressler from Chrm Palladino
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HBengelsdorf, DOE
NTerrell, ACDA
WJDircks, EDO
SJChilk, SECY
CKammerer, OCA
JDavis, NMSS
JBecker, ELD
JBDevine, IP
CKessler, IP
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Richard Kennedy
Undersecretary for Management
U.S. Department of State
Washington, D.C. 20520
Chrm Palladino
Com. Gilinsky
Com. Bradford
Com. Ahearne
Com. Roberts
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WASHINGTON, D. C. M.
November 27, 1981
The Honorable Larry Pressler, Chairman
Subcommittee on Arms Control, Oceans
and International Environment
Committee on Foreign Relations
U. S. Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Mr. Chairman:
Over the past several years, Commissioners have expressed
concern to the Congress regarding the adequacy of Inter-
national-Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards. The
Commission has. noted that the NRC has had little or no
safeguards information in making its export determinations
under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Act.
In keeping with our responsibility to keep Congress fully
and currently informed, we are writing to update our assess-
ment of IAEA safeguards. The NRC is concerned that the IAEA
safeguards system would: not detect a diversion in at least
some types of facilities. In addition, we are not confident
that the member states would be notified of a diversion in a
timely fashion. We are also communicating our concerns to
the Executive Branch in the interests of helping to bring
about improvements in IAEA safeguards.
We are reviewing our responsibilities under the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954, as amended, for the licensing of--nuclear
exports in the light of these concerns and will inform you
of our conclusions.
Sincerely,
Nunzi' J. Palladino
cc: Senator Alan Cranston
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Identical Letters sent to: Rep. Udall, cc: Lu-ja.n; Rep. Ottinger, cc: Moorhead;_'.
Rep. Moffit, cc: Deckard; Rep. Zablocki, cc: Broomfield; Sen. Percy, cc: Glenn; Sen. Simpson,
cc: Hart .
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