PRESIDENT S DECISION DIRECTIVE ON NON-PROLIFERATION POLICY

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• Document Release Date: August 14, 2007
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• Publication Date: July 17, 1981
• Content Type: MEMO

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Deputy Director for National Foreign Assessment
17 July 1981
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SUBJECT: President's Decision Directive on Non-Proliferation
Policy
National Security Decision Directive Number 6, "United States
Non-Proliferation and Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation Policy," (attached)
requires a.number of actions to be taken that entail a substantial
intelligence involvement. Jack Ingley and I will be in touch with
you in due course on how the planning is proceeding.
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Attachment:
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THE SECRETARY OF STATE
THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY
THE COUNSELLOR TO THE PRESIDENT
THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
THE CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE PRESIDENT
THE CHAIRMAN, JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF
THE CHAIRMAN, NUCLEAR-REGULATORY COMMISSION
THE DIRECTOR, ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY
UBJECT: United States Non-Proliferation and Peaceful
Nuclear Cooperation Policy
The President has formally approved the attached National
Security Decision Directive on United States Non-Proliferation
and Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation Policy.
FOR THE PRESIDENT:
of
Richard' V. Allen
'Assistant to the President
for National Security Affairs
Attachment
July 16, 1981
cc: The Director, Office of Management.and Budget
= The United States Representative to the United Nations
The Deputy Chief of Staff to the President
The Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy
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UNITED STATES NON-PROLIFERATION AND
PEACEFUL NUCLEAR COOPERA
I have reviewed the interagency report on United States non-
proliferation and peaceful nuclear cooperation policy and
related guidelines, along with agencies' recommendations,
and have approved the policies set forth below. (C)
Zit United States will:
Seek to prevent the spread of nuclear explosives
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to additional countries as a
and foreign policy objective. (U)
"Strive to reduce the motivation for acquiring
nuclear explosives by working to improve regional
and global stability and to promote understanding
of the legitimate security concerns of other
states. (U)
Continue to support adherence to the Treaty on the
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and to the
Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in
Latin America (Treaty of Tlatelolco) by countries
that have not accepted those treaties. (U)
? View a material violation of these treaties or of
an international safeguards agreement as having
.profound consequences for international order and
United States bilateral relations, and also view
any nuclear explosion by a non-nuclear-Weapon
state with grave concern. (U)
?e Strongly support and continue to work with other
nations to strengthen the International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA) to provide for an improved
international safeguards regime and for cooperation
in the areas of-nuclear safety and environmentally
sound waste management. (U)
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Review on July 16, 2011
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o Seek to work more effectively with other countries
to forge agreement on measures for combatting the
risks of proliferation. (U)
o Undertake prompt efforts to enhance the credibility
and reliability of the United States as a responsible
nuclear supplier. (U)
? Mkintain a strong intelligence collection and
assessment capability as an integral part of
United States non-proliferation policy and actions
pursuant to that policy. (C)
-_- Achieving United States objectives will require making dis-
tinctions among states based on the degree of proliferation
risk. The United States will cooperate with other nations in
the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, including civil nuclear
programs to meet their energy security needs, under a regime
of'-adequate safeguards and controls.-(C)
To provide. the basis for further action and decision, I hereby
direct that: (U)
l._:---The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Department
of Energy and other. interested agencies, will make a
concerted effort with other supplier nations to seek
uniform nuclear supply conditions and, in particular,
to (C)
.(a) prevent transfers to non-nuclear-weapon states of
any significant nuclear material, equipment, or
technology not subject to IAEA safeguards; (U)
(b) inhibit transfers of sensitive nuclear material,
equipment, and technology, particularly where the
danger of proliferation demands; (U)
(c) require IAEA safeguards on all nuclear activities
in non-nuclear-weapon states as a condition for
any significant new nuclear supply commitment; (U)
(d) increase the effectiveness of international nuclear
export control lists; and (C)
(e) consider multinational undertakings as an - alternative
to the development of national facilities for
reprocessing or enrichment. (U)
2. The Secretary of State, the Director of the Arms Control
and Disarmament Agency, the Secretary of Defense, and
the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff will promptly
coordinate action to obtain the Senate's advice and
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consent to ratification of Protocol I to the Treaty for
the Prohibition of-Nuclear Weapons in Latin America. (U)
The Secretary of State, working with the Department of Energy
and other interested agencies, will conduct the following
reviews promptly, with agency views and recommendations
forwarded for my consideration: (C)
(a) review of more effective actions for preventing
proliferation to additional countries and plans
for dealing with possible proliferation events,
with particular reference to South Asia and the
middle East; and'(S)
-- 1$%% review of possible approaches for developing a
predictable policy for the exercise of United-- _
States approval rights for reprocessing spent
fuel, retransferring spent fuel for reprocessing,
and plutonium use under agreements for peaceful
nuclear cooperation, including new and amended
agreements. (U)
All Executive Branch agencies having responsibilities
for determinations or authorizations related to nuclear
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exports and requests under agree-ment~
nuclear cooperation will (U)
(a) take steps promptly to ensure that-such actions
h
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are carried out expeditiously where t
statutory requirements are met and that authorization
for retransfer of nuclear material or equipment
prior to use in reactors is, absent unusual cir-
cumstances, decided on by the time an export license
is issued; (U)
(b) give favorable consideration to requests for the
retransfer of spent fuel for reprocessing in the
United Kingdom and France if the necessary statutory
requirements are met; and (C)
(c) consider requests for-the disposition or use of
plutonium on the merits of. each case.pending develop-
ment of further policy on reprocessing and plutonium
use. (U)
I also request that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission act
expeditiously in carrying out its nuclear export licensing
responsibility and its consultative responsibilities on other
nuclear activities with other countries where the necessary
statutory requirements are met. (U)
In addition, I have noted that a number of actions will be
undertaken by the Secretary of State in a timely manner and
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working with the interested agencies. These include, in
particular :
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review of what steps might be appropriate, consistent
with United States non-proliferation objectives, to
facilitate or remove any unnecessary impediments to
commercial relations in the field of nuclear energy
and review of applicable laws, regulations, and procedures
to determine whether changes should be sought; (U)
2. work to ensure effective physical protection for nuclear
material, to support the Convention on the Physical
Protection of Nuclear Material, and to substitute lower
enriched fuels for research reactors at the earliest
possible time; (U)
3.- negotiation of a convention for nuclear safety cooperation
and assistance in civil nuclear emergencies; (U)
_support of ongoing international efforts in the areas
of international plutonium storage, spent fuel management-o-
assurances of supply and improved safeguards, particularly-
for large and advanced nuclear facilities. (U)
The Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the interested
agencies, shall ensure that adequate capacity is. available
to provide enrichment services for domestic and foreign
customers . (U)
I direct that the Secretary of State, working with the other
interested agencies, give priority attention to efforts to
reduce proliferation risks, to enhance the international
non-proliferation regime and, consistent with United States
security interests, to re-establish a leadership role for
the United States in international nuclear affairs. These
decisions do not imply any requitements for additional federal
funding. (U)
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