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2) USAECts fueZ poZicy
Tkte VSAEC wiU submiC a drafNis to aongress• for the amendment of the Atomie
Ilnergy AÅët by which present GovernmenÅé monopoZy im 'the ownership oÅí speeiaZ
nueiear makerial$ wi.Zl be terminated. Pri,vate oxvTnership oiff ,spp.eiaX nueZeay
materiais is eonsidered,,esseneical to bring nua,ltt>ar power generabion on to
a sound commp.redal bavcrtsp and in ord(-)r to o'bvicn"te sudden ehanges, the
amendment nd:t]- eome rtnt,o of,fc:))ot, wil;h IO t,o IL5. year'sT inlerlm dLuring whfLch
Xsasepsovisions•w:1:Ll.i:)feinGovern'me•ntCon'croL. ,
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Atrt3hougiri fi.13 is AEG's iniiention to estal)Z-ltt,li a tfrree market tirorr i)Zueoniun
aÅ}}tca.r the amendmenic o,Åí 'the act, the AEC wtZZ• buy back plutonium for some
year.cr perhaps ÅíoT $9.5/gx7 ofrr "p:-utonium metals whieh wevLZd be the fZoor
price of this material.
The pZu`tonium utiZizataon program NoriZi eover nhellrrmal and Åíast veeactor
recyeZing ibnteh propeee combinatiott in ovde]? to x'eaXipt/.e the duaZ economy
by both $ystemse
3) Pves,ent staicus of plutonium research ancN deveXo'prnent in ifS
rVhis chap13e• ]f i.s mox'e 'technipaL a: d goes irxto delaiJLs. At) f.fi.trrLffic, tt7eacto]r
deveLolmient proJ'eÅëtS Åíox' piutorti.um uliXizabior} $uch ats FTR4TR, :BwR, saxton
ItrÅí"Rp zaBR-rXp E"nrico Feuemi Recmctox's and !asrl) Cellfarnie ReaCtOi2S a•xe rev.iewed,
Thens t,he plubonium vaivtes' are studied Åírom kiarious aspects whieh ra,r)gss
betweeua $7 - Z3/gr Åíor cherma2 reactor ]?eeyele and M5/gw Åíone .the fast
Meactox'" Yenatty taec$, .for pZutonium beeczau$e oÅí .i.ts diÅíficuZt hemdZing ''
arealsotalenintopmecount, -' ' '
Xn rev/iewing. futt,3. teehnologyp emphasis is put on maxed oxides of p:ukonivtm
and uranMrm wi.th hom.og,aneous mix'izage A,eq. Åío]r thte repyocessing of spen't
.fu.tle ,hXg"&,tgil,IIIig2'.":,gSIIs9tlll'I,E.X,"g,Still th"" mofi't reXiable one and other new
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S'inalXys Che x'epotrrV •vaentions $ome D,reeaut.ions on pXuton•iuni Åíabrication
faciXitiL.s from iche viAe-iw poimt of ope,ratfonaZ G,afety ancl rnanageme•nt.
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