1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov April 18, 2019Nuclear Cooperation: Part 810 AuthorizationsSecretary of Energy Rick Perry told Congress in late March that he had approved Part 810 authorizations for Saudi Arabia. Under U.S. law, nuclear-related exports require an export license or other authorization
2、. The Atomic Energy Act (AEA) of 1954, as amended (P.L. 83-703; 42 U.S.C. 2153 et seq.), requires a peaceful nuclear cooperation agreement (known as a “123” agreement after the relevant section of the AEA) for the export of commodities under Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) export licensing autho
3、rity (10 C.F.R. 110). These include nuclear reactors and U.S.-origin special nuclear material, which the regulation defines as plutonium, uranium-233, or enriched uranium. The AEA also requires a 123 agreement for exports involving “restricted data,” defined as “all data concerning (1) design, manuf
4、acture, or utilization of atomic weapons; (2) the production of special nuclear material; or (3) the use of special nuclear material in the production of energy.” (For more information about 123 agreements, see CRS Report RS22937, Nuclear Cooperation with Other Countries: A Primer.) Part 810 Authori