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APPENDIX E: AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION FOR COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF PEACEFUL USES OF NUCLEAR ENERGY
APPENDIX E: AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION FOR COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF PEACEFUL USES OF NUCLEAR ENERGY
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; Affirming their support for the objectives and Statute of the IAEA and their commitment to the Guidelines of the Nuclear Suppliers Group; 299
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The phrase "designed or used primarily for the production of plutonium or uranium-233" shall not apply to breeder reactors that do not produce nuclear material for use in nuclear explosive devices, nor with respect to reactors primarily used for the production of plutonium-238; 3. "High enriched uranium" means uranium enriched to twenty percent or greater in the isotope uranium-235; 4.
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Military purposes shall not include provision of power for military bases drawn from any power network, production of radioisotopes to be used for medical purposes in military hospitals, and other similar purposes as may be agreed by the Parties; 10. "Authorized person" means any individual subject to the jurisdiction of the United States of America and any legal entity, including a joint venture or partnership, subject to the jurisdiction of either Party, that is authorized by the relevant Party to implement cooperation under this Agreement, but does not include the Parties to this Agreement; 11.
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- Nuclear industry and commerce. - Shipments, based on the provisions of this Agreement, of moderator material, nuclear material, technologies and equipment, as well as services in the area of the nuclear fuel cycle, either for use in the United States of America or in the Russian Federation.
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ARTICLE 4 In conformity with the provisions of this Agreement, the Parties undertake to facilitate commercial relations between authorized persons of the Parties involved in cooperation in the nuclear power sector, which may include, but need not be limited to: - investment cooperation; - the establishment of joint ventures; - environmental projects on an industrial or commercial scale; - trade in nuclear material, moderator material, and relevant services. ARTICLE 5 For the purposes of implementation of this Agreement, the Parties hereby designate the following competent authorities: - For the United States of America, the U.S.
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- In accordance with the laws and regulations of the United States of America, protected information transferred to the Government of the United States of America by the Government of the Russian Federation shall be treated as foreign government information transferred in confidence and shall be provided with appropriate protection from disclosure. In accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, protected information transferred by the Government of the United States of America to the Government of the Russian Federation shall be handled as official, restricted-distribution information and shall be provided with the appropriate protection from disclosure.
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4. Nuclear material, moderator material, equipment or components transferred from the territory of the United States of America to the territory of the Russian Federation, or from the territory of the Russian Federation to the territory of the United States of America, whether directly or through a third country, shall be regarded as having been transferred pursuant to this Agreement only upon confirmation, by the relevant competent authority of the recipient Party to the relevant competent authority of the supplier Party, that such nuclear material, moderator material, equipment or components will be subject to this Agreement.
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ARTICLE 11 1. Adequate physical protection, as specified in paragraph 2 of this Article, shall be maintained with respect to nuclear material and equipment transferred pursuant to this Agreement and special fissionable material used in or produced through the use of nuclear material, moderator material, or equipment transferred.
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2. Nuclear material transferred to the United States of America pursuant to this Agreement and any other nuclear material used in or produced through the use of nuclear material, moderator material, equipment, or components transferred shall be subject, to the extent applicable, to the Agreement between the United States of America and the IAEA for the Application of Safeguards in the United States of America of November 18, 1977, and an Additional Protocol thereto in the event of its entry into force.
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ARTICLE 14 If an agreement between either Party and another nation or group of nations provides such other nation or group of nations rights equivalent to any or all of those provided for under Article 8 or Article 9 of this Agreement with respect to nuclear material, moderator material, equipment or components subject to this Agreement, the Parties may, upon request of either of them, agree that the implementation of any such rights will be accomplished by such nation or group of nations. ARTICLE 15 The Parties shall endeavor to avoid taking any actions that would negatively affect cooperation under this Agreement.
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2. Notwithstanding the suspension or termination, including by expiration, of this Agreement or of any cooperation hereunder, Articles 8, 9,10,11,12 and 13 of this Agreement shall continue in effect so long as any nuclear material, moderator material, equipment or component subject to these Articles remains in the territory of the United States of America or the Russian Federation or under the jurisdiction or control of either Party anywhere, unless such item is no longer usable for any nuclear activity relevant from the point of view of international safeguards or has become practicably irrecoverable, or unless otherwise agreed by the Parties.
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