(1)
U-235 will be made available in the form of hexsfluoride
(2)
The charge for uranium enriched to 20% will be approximat
(UF, }, with the cost of conversion and fabrication to be borne by
the®user
$16.00 per gram (as compared with the price announced on August 191
1955 of $25.00 per gram). Material of lesse: enrichment will be
charged at proportionately less amovnts. When fuel elements are
reprocessed, the cooperating countries wiil receive & credit for
the U-235 recovered.
Material generated in reactors fueled with U-235 obtained
gram for plutonium metal and $15.00 per gram for U-233.
purchased will be used solely for peaceful purposes.
(4)
*
(3)
from the United States will be purchased by the U. S. at $12.00 pe
Material go
In order to give assurance that nuclear fuel will be aveilable
for & period roughly equivalent to the economic 14-6 e of a proposed
reactor, and thus Yaciii
facilitate financial errengenen<s long-term fuel
ae ate
commitments will be incorporated in afreements
x coopers tion.
In establishing these terms end conditions the objec
domestic fuel Cistributicn on the same pasis
ote
cooperating countries to est
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Ae aed
mT
a
aves were to place
so far cs is pd
e the economics of nuclear |x
the cost of the fuel cycle.
The final principal
item in what cycle -- the basis for chemical processing contracts betweer
and oper
i alinna)
yp res
etn
& cf private reactors -- has now been e steblished
and outlind
in & nuLliic ennouncement made on March 7, 1957.
th
far as processing costs are
The policy established,
» @pplies equally to foreim and doz
operators.
Except for gran quantities for designated research purpeses and lim Fted
amounts for materiels testing reactors, the uranium allocated for foreign]
distribution is not of "weapons quality", being limited to twenty vercent
(20%) contained
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DEVELOPMENT OF THE PEACEFUL USES OF ATOMIC ENERGY.
The U. S
is the recognized world leader in the development of peac
ms
uses of atomic energy, according to a special poll conducted by a leading
nuclear trade and technical publication of atomic energy authorities, leaging
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