10 July 2003
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[Federal Register: July 10, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 132)]
[Notices]
[Page 41208]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4395]


Bureau of Nonproliferation; Partial Lifting of Administrative
Measure Imposed on the Scientific Research and Design Institute of
Power Technology, aka NIKIET, To Permit U.S. Government Contractors To
Receive Certain Information

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: A determination has been made, pursuant to section 6 of
Executive Order 12938, as amended, to lift in part the import sanction
that had been imposed on the Scientific Research and Design Institute
of Power Technology, aka NIKIET under a January 8, 1999, determination,
for the sole purpose of permitting personnel of U.S. government
contractors to receive information that may have been produced or
provided by NIKIET at a June 24, 2003 seminar concerning the Kursk 5
RBMK reactor.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 24, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: On general issues: Warren Stern,
Senior Coordinator for Nuclear Safety, Bureau of Nonproliferation,
Department of State, (202-647-6425). On import ban issues: Office of
Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury, (202-622-2500).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the authorities vested in the
President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (``IEEPA''), the National Emergencies Act (50
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et
seq.), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, and section 6 of
Executive Order 12938, as amended, a determination was made on June 24,
2003 that it is in the foreign policy and national security interests
of the United States to lift in part the import sanction imposed
January 8, 1999 (64 FR 2935) on the Scientific Research and Design
Institute of Power Technology, aka NIKIET for the sole purpose of
authorizing U.S. government contractors to receive information that may
have been produced or provided by the Scientific Research and Design
Institute of Power Technology, aka NIKIET, at a June 24, 2003 seminar
concerning the Kursk 5 RBMK reactor.

    July 2, 2003.
Andrew K. Semmel,
Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Nonproliferation, Department of
State.
[FR Doc. 03-17479 Filed 7-9-03; 8:45 am]

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