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Nr. II Briefwisseling tussen de Regering van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Regering van het Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland inzake de eventuele terugzending van het na opwerking van bestraalde reactorbrandstof resterende radioactief afval

The Hague, 12 September 1978

Excellency,

1. I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your Note dated 12 September 1978 and to state that it is also the understanding of the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands that contracts have been signed between the N.V. Gemeenschappelijke Kernenergiecentrale Nederland (hereinafter referred to as GKN) and British Nuclear Fuels Limited (hereinafter referred to as BNFL) for the reprocessing by BNFL of certain quantities of irradiated nuclear fuel to be collected from the Netherlands over certain periods, and that it is a term of the said contracts that BNFL will have the option to deliver to GKN the radioactive waste which will arise from the reprocessing of the irradiated nuclear fuel in question (or the equivalent of such waste) provided that it has been put into a form in which it can be transported safely to the point of storage in accordance with the relevant regulations. In addition the contracts specify to which conditions concerning the return of waste the commencement of reprocessing is related.

2. In this connection, I have the honour to convey the assurance of the Government of the Netherlands that that government does not intend to take any legislative or regulatory initiative which would prevent the due execution of the contracts and in particular would prevent BNFL from exercising its contractual option to deliver the radioactive waste to GKN, and that, within the framework of relevant national legal requirements, the Government of the Netherlands intends to facilitate the operation of the above option.

3. In connection with the foregoing, it is understood that the specifications relating to the return of waste, the approval of which is envisaged in the contracts, will have to be judged satisfactory by both governments and by other relevant authorities before reprocessing operations commence.

4. I also have the honour to assure you, in connection with Clause 21.2.3 of the said contract, that it is similarly the intention of the Government of the Netherlands that plutonium returned to the Netherlands will be in a form to be agreed between the two governments and in conformity with all applicable national and international regulations.

5. I have the honour to convey to Your Excellency the assurance of my highest consideration.

(sd.) C. A. VAN DER KLAAUW

Minister for Foreign Affairs

of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Regeling
Briefwisseling tussen de Regering van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Regering van het Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland inzake de eventuele terugzending van het na opwerking van bestraalde reactorbrandstof resterende radioactief afval
Soort
Verdrag
Geldend vanaf
30-06-1981
BWB-id
BWBV0003994
Versie
1981-06-30_0

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