“e ’ v' ar NA 5 if ' t tet * UES AMPaS ty caf eae s reeANSEARS AIR af ' » d Ae sn wea ey 7 UNCLASSIFIED legislation were also required before the United States could carry out its share of the joint program, The United Kingdom and Euratom have opened negotiations looking toward a Program of cooperation, Organization for European Economic Cooperation The AEC informed the Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC)that it is prepared to undertake a long-term program of cooperation with the European Companyfor the Chemical Processing of Irradiated Fuel (Eurochemic) in connection with the processing plant to be constructed by Eurochemie at Mol, Belgium, and offered to provide a smal} group of experts for consultation and plant design review. The OEEC hopedthat the Mol plant could eventually be designated by the AEC as an acceptable facility for the reprocessing of fuel originating from the United States. Several meetings were held by the OEEC experimental reactors group and attended by AEC scientists. General agreement was reached on a proposal for a $30 million experimental high- temperature ges-cooled reactor project at Winfrith Heath, United Kingdom. The Netherlands proposed a long-term research and development program on homogeneous reactors by the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and the Netherlands, involving exchange of information and personnel. Plans were made for a 3-year international research and experimental program under OEEC auspices on the Halden, Norway, boiling water reactor project. At Norway’s request, theAEC assigned three reactor safety and operating engineers to Halden for 3 to 6 months Guring the next year, The AEC 2lso was cooperating with other OEEC groups who were studying problems relating to health and safety and third party liability. . Organization of American States The preparatory committee appointed last November by the Councilof the Organization of American States (OAS) to draft a statute for an Inter-American Nuclear Energy Commission (LANEC) completed its work and submitted a draft for Council consideration. 2 3 7 Discussions continued between the AEC and the Depariment of State on the possibility of holding additional Inter-American symposia on the peaceful uses of atomic energy, similar to the one held in May 1957 at the Brookhaven National Laboratory. It was anticipated that OAS would take the initiative in proposing the symposia and that they would be conducted in South America under the aegis of IANEC. Full participation by the United States is planned if these symposia are held. AGREEMENTS FOR COOPERATION On April 15 notes were exchanged to bring into effect the comprehensive power agreement with Italy. Including this agreement, there were 41 agreementsin effect with 39 countries as of June 30, Z> of these were for research and 12 were for power. There were, in addition, four researc and three power agreements awaiting ratification. The research agreements with Venezuela and the Republic of Korea were amended curing the April-June quarter to provide for the transfer of limited quantities of special nuclear material for use in defined research projects. The Commission announced in April a liberalization of conditions under which vrarium reactor fuel enriched to more than 20 percent in uranium 235 may be made available to cp! DOB ARCHIVES _UNL ASSIFJED wernt Neen . les cae Te = aes > ee rT Eeeevee eee oe wa Soe Se ee eee ae; OLS oe eS SE Te pa ee ee ee ee — ron Rie ee SRE —