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Communication Received from the United States of America Concerning Its Policies Regarding the Management of Plutonium

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The Secretariat has received a letter dated 6 April 2007 from the Permanent Mission of the United States of America to the IAEA in the enclosures of which the Government of the United States of America, in keeping with its commitment under the Guidelines for the Management of Plutonium (contained in INFCIRC/549 of 16 March 1998 and hereinafter referred to as the 'Guidelines'), and in accordance with Annexes B and C of the Guidelines, has made available annual figures for holdings of civil unirradiated plutonium and the estimated amounts of plutonium contained in spent civil reactor fuel as of 31 December 2005. The Permanent Mission of the United States has also communicated in its letter that there have been changes in their plutonium and fuel cycle policy since their last statement was submitted, and have additionally included a policy statement in the enclosures of the letter.

Abstract (Spanish)

La Secretaria ha recibido una carta, de fecha 6 de abril de 2007, de la Mision Permanente de los Estados Unidos de America ante el OIEA, en cuyos anexos el Gobierno de los Estados Unidos, en cumplimiento de los compromisos que contrajo en virtud de las Directrices para la gestion del plutonio (transcritas en el documento INFCIRC/549 de 22 de junio de 1998 y denominadas en adelante las 'Directrices'), y de conformidad con los anexos B y C de las Directrices, presenta las cifras anuales de sus existencias de plutonio no irradiado de uso civil y las cantidades estimadas de plutonio contenido en el combustible gastado de reactores de uso civil a 31 de diciembre de 2005. La Mision Permanente de los Estados Unidos comunica asimismo en su carta que, desde su ultima declaracion, se han producido cambios en la politica relativa al plutonio y al ciclo del combustible del pais, y adjunta a dicha carta una declaracion de politica al respecto.

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Original title (Spanish)
Comunicacion recibida de los Estados Unidos de America en relacion con sus poleticas referentes a la gestion del plutonio

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6 p.
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IAEA-INFCIRC--549(add.6/9)(S)

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