TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTS SERIES 13026 

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ATOMIC ENERGY 

 Agreement Between the 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

and the RUSSIAN FEDERATION 

Effected by Exchange of Notes 

At Washington March 24, 1999 

 with 

Annex 

 and 

Agreement 

Signed at Washington March 24, 1999 

 with 

Annex and Administrative Arrangement 
 NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

 Pursuant to Public Law 89—497, approved July 8, 1966 

(80 Stat. 271; 1 U.S.C. 113)—

“. . .the Treaties and Other International Acts Series issued 

under the authority of the Secretary of State shall be competent 

 evidence . . . of the treaties, international agreements other than 

treaties, and proclamations by the President of such treaties and 

international agreements other than treaties, as the case may be, 

therein contained, in all the courts of law and equity and of maritime 

jurisdiction, and in all the tribunals and public offices of the 

United States, and of the several States, without any further proof 

or authentication thereof.” 
 RUSSIAN FEDERATION 

 Atomic Energy 

Agreement effected by exchange of notes 

At Washington March 24, 1999; 

Entered into force March 24, 1999. 

With annex. 

And agreement signed at Washington March 24, 1999; 

Entered into force March 24, 1999. 

With annex and administrative arrangement. 
The Department of State of the United States of

America presents its compliments to the Embassy of the

Russian Federation in the United States of America and

has the honor to propose the following Agreement

concerning the transfer of source material from the

United States of America to the'Russian Federation

pursuant to the Agreement between the United States

Department of Energy and the Ministry of the Russian

Federation for Atomic Energy Concerning the Transfer of

Source Material to the Russian Federation ("the

Transfer Agreement"), signed March 24, 1999.

1. The agreement proposed hereinafter shall

constitute the Agreement Between the Government of the

United States of America and the Government of the

Russian Federation ("the Parties") regarding

assurances concerning the source material transferred

from the United States to the Russian Federation ("the

Assurances Agreement"), in implementation of the

Agreement Between the Government of the United States

of America and the Government of the Russian Federation

Concerning the Disposition of Highly Enriched Uranium

Extracted from Nuclear Weapons, signed on February 18,

1993 ("the HEU-LEU Agreement").

2. The Government of the Russian Federation agrees

that no special nuclear material shall be produced by

the Russian Federation or under the jurisdiction or

control of the Russian Federation through the use of

source material transferred pursuant to the Transfer

Agreement.

3. The Department of Energy of the United States of

America ("DOE") and the Ministry of the Russian

Federation for Atomic Energy ("MINATOM") are

establishing an Administrative Arrangement in order to

provide for the effective implementation of the
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provisions of the Assurances Agreement. This

Administrative Arrangement may be amended by written

agreement between DOE and MINATOM. The principles of

fungibility, equivalence and proportionality shall

apply to nuclear material subject to the Assurances

Agreement and the Transfer Agreement and the detailed

provisions thereof shall be set out in the

Administrative Arrangement.

4.	The Government of the Russian Federation agrees

that:

(a) Source material transferred pursuant to the

Transfer Agreement, or any nuclear material that is

substituted for such material pursuant to the

Administrative Arrangement, shall be subject to agreed

bilateral tracking and monitoring arrangements.

(b) Source material transferred pursuant to the

Transfer Agreement, or any nuclear material that is

substituted for such material pursuant to the

Administrative Arrangement, shall not be used for any

nuclear explosive device or for research on, or

development of, any nuclear explosive device, or for

any other military purpose.

(c) Adequate physical protection measures shall be

maintained with respect to source material transferred

pursuant to the Transfer Agreement or any nuclear

material that is substituted for such material pursuant

to the Administrative Arrangement. To fulfill this

requirement, such measures shall be applied in

accordance with levels of physical protection at least

equivalent to the recommendations published in the IAEA

document INFCIRC/225/Rev.4 entitled "The Physical

Protection of Nuclear Material," or a subsequent

revision accepted by the Parties.

(d) Source material transferred pursuant to the

Transfer Agreement, or any nuclear material that is

substituted for such material pursuant to the

Administrative Arrangement, shall not be transferred to
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unauthorized persons or beyond the jurisdiction or

control of the Russian Federation without the prior

consent of the Government of the United States of

America.

(e) Source material transferred pursuant to the

Transfer Agreement, or any nuclear material that is

substituted for such material pursuant to the

Administrative Arrangement, shall not be reprocessed or

altered in form or content without the prior consent of

the Government of the United States of America.

(f) Source material transferred pursuant to the

Transfer Agreement, or any nuclear material that is

substituted for such material pursuant to the

Administrative Arrangement, shall not be enriched

without the prior consent of the Government of the

United States of America.

5.	The Government of the United States of America

agrees that source material transferred pursuant to the

Transfer Agreement and low enriched uranium substituted

for source material transferred pursuant to the

Transfer Agreement may, pursuant to contracts existing

on the date of entry into force of the Transfer

Agreement, be retransferred by the Russian Federation

to countries or groups of countries with which the

United States of America has in force an agreement for

peaceful nuclear cooperation and that are otherwise

acceptable to the United States. The list of

acceptable countries or groups of countries is set

forth in the Annex to the Assurances Agreement. The

Government of the United States of America may add

eligible countries or groups of countries to the list

at any time, and may delete countries or groups of

countries from the list following consultations with

the Government of the Russian Federation. 	MINATOM

shall keep records of such retransfers and shall

promptly notify an agency designated by the Government

of the United States of America of each retransfer.

Prior to each retransfer, MINATOM shall confirm in

writing to the aforesaid agency of the Government of
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the United States of America that the nuclear material

to be retransferred will be subject to an agreement for

peaceful nuclear co-operation between the United States

of America and the countries or groups of countries

receiving the nuclear material.

6. The Parties agree that if the Transfer Agreement

is terminated, any source material transferred pursuant

to the Transfer Agreement, or any nuclear material that

is substituted for such material pursuant to the

Administrative Arrangement, will continue to be subject

to the conditions set forth in the Assurances

Agreement.

7. Subject to the above, source material transferred

pursuant to the Transfer Agreement may be used, as

specified in Article 7 of the Transfer Agreement, for

diluting HEU for delivery as LEU to the United States

of America under the HEU-LEU Agreement or for sale in

accordance with the Commercial Agreement and paragraph

5 of the Assurances Agreement.

If these proposals are acceptable to the

Government of the Russian Federation, it is further

proposed that this note, together with the Embassy's

affirmative note of reply, on behalf of the Government

of the Russian Federation, shall constitute an

agreement between the Government of the United States

of America and the Government of the Russian Federation

(the "Assurances Agreement"), which shall enter into

force on the date of the Embassy's note in reply.

Enclosure: One page as indicated.

Department of State,

Washington, March 24, 1999.
List of Countries and Groups of Countries Specified in Accordance with

Paragraph 5 of the Assurances Agreement

The Argentine Republic

Australia

The Republic of Bulgaria

Canada

The People's Republic of China

The Czech Republic

European Atomic Energy Community

The Republic of Hungary

Japan

The Republic of Korea

Norway

The Republic of Poland

The Slovak Republic

The Republic of South Africa

Switzerland

Annex
Agreement Between the United States Department of Energy and the Ministry of

the Russian Federation for Atomic Energy Concerning the Transfer of Source

Material to the Russian Federation

The United States Department of Energy ("the U.S. Party") and the Ministry of the Russian

Federation for Atomic Energy ("the Russian Party"), hereinafter referred to as the Parties,

Desiring to facilitate implementation of the Agreement between the Government of the United

States of America and the Government of the Russian Federation Concerning the Disposition of

Highly Enriched Uranium Extracted from Nuclear Weapons, signed at Washington on

February 18, 1993 (the "HEU-LEU Agreement"),

Have agreed as follows:

ARTICLE 1 

The U.S. Party shall, in accordance with and subject to applicable treaties, laws,

regulations and licensing requirements of the United States of America, arrange for the

distribution to the Russian Party of uranium hexafluoride delivered to the Russian Executive

Agent under section 3112(b)(3) of the USEC Privatization Act, 42 U.S.C. 2297h-10(b)(3). The

amount of such uranium hexafluoride to be so distributed ("source material transferred pursuant

to this Agreement") shall be the amount of such uranium hexafluoride not initially sold or

transferred by the Russian Executive Agent pursuant to the conclusion of the commercial

contract between AO Techsnabexport and the Compagnie General des Matieres Nucleaires

(COGEMA), Cameco Uranium, Inc., Nukem, Inc. and Nukem Nuklear GmbH, contract no.

08843672/90100-02D ("the Commercial Agreement"), entered into in accordance with

Article II.1 of the HEU-LEU Agreement.

ARTICLE 2

1. The Russian Party agrees to use source material transferred pursuant to this Agreement only

for the following purposes:

a) storage and use in accordance with Article 7 of this Agreement.

b) sale in accordance with the Commercial Agreement.

2. Source material transferred pursuant to this Agreement, or any other nuclear material that is

substituted for such material pursuant to the Administrative Arrangement entered into pursuant

to paragraph 3 of the Agreement effected by the exchange of diplomatic notes between the

Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Russian Federation
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dated March 24, 1999 (the "Assurances Agreement"), shall be subject to the conditions set forth

in the Assurances Agreement.

ARTICLE 3

The activities of the Parties under this Agreement shall be subject to the availability of

appropriated funds.

ARTICLE 4

The Parties may, as appropriate, enter into implementing arrangements to carry out the

provisions of this Agreement. In the case of any inconsistency between this Agreement and any

such implementing arrangements, the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail.

ARTICLE 5

The Russian Party takes responsibility for preparing for transportation and for

transporting to the Russian Federation the source material transferred pursuant to this

Agreement. Any cost incurred by the U.S. Party, with the concurrence of the Russian Party, in

arranging for such transportation shall be reimbursed by the Russian Party.

ARTICLE 6

1. Pursuant to the Implementing Agreement contained in the Annex, which is an integral part of

this Agreement, the U.S. Party shall purchase from the Russian Party feed component associated

with the 1997 and 1998 LEU deliveries under the HEU-LEU Agreement.

2. The Russian Party shall make available for purchase feed component associated with the 1997

and 1998 LEU deliveries under the HEU-LEU Agreement.

ARTICLE 7

In order to facilitate the implementation of the HEU-LEU Agreement,

1. The U.S. Party shall, subject to applicable U.S. law, maintain for ten years a stock of no

less than 22,000 metric tons of natural uranium equivalent, including the uranium

associated with the 1997 and 1998 LEU deliveries pursuant to Article 6 of this Agreement.

By written agreement of the Parties, the stock may be reduced, through the withdrawal of

uranium, in order to ensure the reliability of deliveries under the Commercial Agreement,

in accordance with Article 4 of this Agreement.
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2. The Russian Party shall maintain for the duration of the HEU-LEU Agreement a separate

stock of source material transferred to Russia pursuant to this Agreement. Such material

may be withdrawn from this stock only for the following purposes:

(a) up to 2580 metric tons per year for diluting HEU for delivery as LEU to the United

States under the HEU-LEU Agreement;

(b) sale directly or through its duly appointed agent, in accordance with the Commercial

Agreement and the Assurances Agreement; or

(c) provided that a stock of at least 22,000 metric tons is maintained, any material in excess

of that 22,000 metric tons may be sold in the form of LEU under existing contracts to

countries eligible in accordance with the Assurances Agreement.

ARTICLE 8

1. This Agreement, having been signed, shall enter into force upon the entry into force of the

Assurances Agreement referenced in Article 2, provided that the Government of the United

States of America and the Government of the Russian Federation have also notified each other

that they have endorsed the conclusion of the Commercial Agreement referred to in Article 1.

2. This Agreement may be amended by written agreement of the Parties.

3. Each Party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement upon no less than 12 months'

written notification to the other Party of its intention so to do.

Done at Washington this twenty-fourth day of March, 1999, in duplicate in the English and

Russian languages, both texts being equally authentic.

FOR THE UNITED STATES FOR THE MINISTRY OF

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY: THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

FOR ATOMIC ENERGY:
ANNEX TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN

THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND

THE MINISTRY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION FOR ATOMIC ENERGY

CONCERNING THE TRANSFER OF SOURCE MATERIAL

TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION ("TRANSFER AGREEMENT")

Implementing Agreement

WHEREAS, the Government of the Russian Federation is delivering low-enriched

uranium derived from highly-enriched uranium under the Agreement Between the Government

of the United States of America and the Government of the Russian Federation Concerning the

Disposition of Highly Enriched Uranium Extracted from Nuclear Weapons concluded on

February 18, 1993 (HEU-LEU Agreement);

WHEREAS, the Russian Federation owns natural uranium used for manufacturing lowenriched uranium associated with such deliveries and an equivalent quantity of which is returned

into the ownership of the Russian Federation in the United States territory (hereafter " feed

component");

WHEREAS, in 1998, the United States Congress passed legislation providing $325

million for the Department of Energy to purchase the feed component associated with the 1997

and 1998 deliveries under the HEU-LEU Agreement, provided that certain requirements are met,

including the conclusion of a long-term agreement by the Government of the Russian Federation

and commercial partners for the sale of the feed component to be derived from deliveries

scheduled for 1999 and thereafter under the HEU-LEU Agreement

WHEREAS, the the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Ministry of the Russian

Federation for Atomic Energy (MINATOM) have agreed that MINATOM will be responsible for

transportation of the source material transferred to the Russian Federation under the Transfer

Agreement;

NOW THEREFORE, MINATOM and DOE agree as follows:

1.	MINATOM shall make available for purchase by DOE 6,917,225.13 kilograms of feed

component associated with 1997 and 1998 deliveries of low-enriched uranium under the

HEU-LEU Agreement. The feed component is located at Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion

Plant or the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in the United States. Title, possession and

risk of loss to one-half of this feed component shall transfer to DOE 30 days after the date

of entry into force of the Transfer Agreement, or 20 days after receipt by MINATOM of

notification from DOE that requirements under U.S. law have been met, whichever is

later. Title, possession and risk of loss to the second half of this feed component shall

transfer to DOE 60 days after the date of entry into force of the Transfer Agreement, or

20 days after receipt by MINATOM of notification from DOE that requirements under

U.S. law have been met, whichever is later.
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2. MINATOM shall make available for purchase by DOE an additional 3,082,774.87

kilograms of feed component associated with orders for low-enriched uranium under the

HEU-LEU Agreement for 1998 but not yet delivered. MINATOM shall seek to deliver

this uranium to the United States as expeditiously as possible in 1999. MINATOM shall

notify DOE when it is prepared to deliver 3,082,774.87 kilograms of this feed

component. Title to this feed component shall transfer to DOE 30 days after the

notification to DOE, unless MINATOM has not received notification by DOE that

requirements under U.S. law have been met; in such case, title shall transfer to DOE 20

days after receipt by MINATOM of notification from DOE that requirements under U.S.

law have been met.

3. MINATOM shall notify the DOE when it is prepared to provide the final 1,000,000

kilograms of feed component associated with 1998 deliveries. Title to this feed

component shall transfer to the Department 30 days after the notificaton to DOE, unless

MINATOM has not received notification by DOE that requirements under U.S. law have

been met; in such case, title shall transfer to DOE 20 days after receipt by MINATOM of

notification from DOE that requirements under U.S. law have been met

4. MINATOM has the responsibility for the above-mentioned feed component until the

dates of transfer.

5. MINATOM has the responsibility for acquisition of the cylinders that contain the feed

component. The purchase price paid by the United States includes rental of the cylinders

that contain this uranium for as long as the uranium is owned by the United States. DOE

has no further obligation to pay for use of these cylinders.

6. DOE shall pay MINATOM or its designee $ 204,372,560.66 upon transfer of the feed

component pursuant to paragraph 1. DOE shall pay MINATOM or its designee

$ 91,081,984.80 upon transfer of the feed component pursuant to paragraph 2. DOE shall

pay MINATOM or its designee $ 29,545,454.54 upon transfer of the feed component

pursuant to paragraph 3. Such payments shall be made electronically to AO

Techsnabexport, Account No. 40702840400000000010, Conversbank, Moscow, Russian

Federation, through the account of Conversbank, Account No. 04-094-462 in Bankers

Trust Company, New York, New York, ABA No. 021001033, within three business days

of each transfer of feed component
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7. All notices and contacts concerning this agreement are to be made in writing, in English,

and shall be submitted to the following address by mail or fax:

DOE:

U.S. Department of Energy

1000 Independence Ave., SW

Washington, DC 20585

phone: 202-586-5569

fax: 202-586-7210

MINATOM:

Ministry of the Russian Federation for Atomic Energy

Staromonetnyy per. 26

109180 Moscow

telephone: 953-17-18

fax: 230-24-20
ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENT

In order to provide for the effective implementation of the Agreement between the

Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Russian

Federation with respect to the transfer of source material, effected by an exchange of

diplomatic notes on this date (hereinafter "the Assurances Agreement"), the United States

Department of Energy ("the U.S. Party") and the Ministry of Atomic Energy of the

Russian Federation ("the Russian Party") (hereinafter "the Parties") hereby establish the

following Administrative Arrangement.

Channels of Communication

Pursuant to this Administrative Arrangement the Parties will communicate directly using

appropriately secure channels.

Accounting for and Control of Subject Nuclear Material

The Russian Party shall provide nuclear material accounting and control covering all

source material transferred pursuant to the Agreement between the United States

Department of Energy and the Ministry of the Russian Federation for Atomic Energy

Concerning the Transfer of Source Material to the Russian Federation ("the Transfer

Agreement"), signed today, or any nuclear material that is substituted for such material

pursuant to this Administrative Arrangement.

The Russian Party shall provide to the U.S. Party annually by May 1, through diplomatic

channels, an official report on source material transferred pursuant to the Transfer

Agreement, or any nuclear material that is substituted for such material pursuant to this

Administrative Arrangement, which is within the jurisdiction of the Russian Federation as

of December 31 of the preceding year, including a list of permitted withdrawals or sales.

The report shall include beginning and ending inventories, to include quantities, categories

(natural uranium or LEU), cylinder number, gross weight, tare weight, shipper, receiver,

date received, date removed from storage for shipment from Russia (if applicable),

chemical and physical form, and location.

The U.S. Party shall provide prior notification to the Russian Party of each shipment of

source material to include cylinder number, gross weight, tare weight, shipper, intended

receiver, date shipped (if known), chemical and physical form, and location.
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The Russian Party shall provide the U.S. Party notification of receipt of each shipment of

source material indicating cylinder number, gross weight, tare weight, shipper, intended

receiver, date shipped (if known), chemical and physical form, and location.

Nuclear material included on the inventory shall remain listed until (a) it has, consistent

with the Assurances Agreement, been transferred beyond the jurisdiction of the Russian

Federation or (b) the Parties agree that it is no longer usable for any nuclear activity

relevant from the point of view of international safeguards or has become practically

irrecoverable.

The inventory of nuclear material, and the annual report thereon, need not identify

physically the particular nuclear material initially subject to the Assurances Agreement, but

shall at all times identify an equivalent quantity, provided, that the principle of equivalence

shall not be used to reduce the quality of the nuclear material subject to the Assurances

Agreement. In particular, the Russian Party may substitute low enriched uranium of

equivalent U-235 content for source material subject to the Assurances Agreement. It is

understood that such substituted low enriched uranium may be delivered to the United

States of America in accordance with the HEU-LEU Agreement or may be delivered to

eligible countries or groups of countries in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 5

of the Assurances Agreement. Such substituted low enriched uranium, upon delivery to

the United States of America or a third country, will be removed from the inventory of

nuclear material subject to the Assurances Agreement.

Monitoring

In order to provide confidence that the terms of the Assurances Agreement are being

implemented, the United States of America shall have the right to conduct one annual

inventory of cylinders containing uranium subject to the Assurances Agreement in storage

in Russia. During this inventory, U.S. monitors shall have the right to visually check serial

numbers on cylinders in storage and compare them with numbers declared by the Russian

Party in the annual report. Additional procedures, as necessary, may be agreed upon by the

Parties and will be the subject of an annex to this Administrative Arrangement.

Reporting

Each party may, at its discretion, provide access to reports prepared under this

Administrative Arrangement.

Amendment

This Administrative Arrangement may be amended by written agreement of the Parties.
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Effective Date

This Administrative Arrangement shall enter into force upon signature.

Done at Washington this twenty-fourth day of March, 1999, in duplicate, each in the

English and Russian languages, both texts being equally authentic.

FOR THE UNITED STATES

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY:

FOR THE MINISTRY OF

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

FOR ATOMIC ENERGY: