(2) (3) "Commission" means the United States Atomic Energy Commission. (4) Atomic weapon" means any device utilising atomic energy, (5) "Byproduct material" means any radioactive material (except (6) "Bquipment and devices and equipment or devices" mean (7) "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, (B) "Reactor" means an apparatus, other than an atomic weapon, (9) "Restricted Data" means all data concerning (a) design, (10) "Safeguarde" means a system of controle designed to assure (11) "Source material" means (a) uranium, therium or any other Byproduct material ease any rediocctive material Equipment and devices" and 'oquipment or devices' nea "Person'" nease any individual, corporation, partnership, Research reactor'' means a reactor which is designed Safeguarde' means a system of controls designed to For the purpose of this Agreement: 2 "The Authority" means the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. "The Commission" means the United States Atomic Energy "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, firm, "Restricted Data" means all data concerning: (1) design, manu 1956 --The United States participated in a conference to consider the basic charter of the IAEA at United Nations headquarters. The Conference adopted the statute of the IAEA. --A total of 41 agreements for cooperation were completed with 39 na tions. --The first financial commitments under the President's plan for research assistance were made to reactor projects in Brazil, Denmark, the Netherlands and Spain. --The number of technical libraries approved for presentation to other countries was increased to 42 plus three to international agencies. --Through 1956, the Commission had approved sale of 129 tons of heavy water to Australia, France, India, Italy, Switzerland and in the United States for use in peaceful programs. --The Commission continued support of libraries and training in other nations. --The Commission and the Export-Import Bank agreed to joint action to provide assistance for the construction of nuclear powerplants and for research reactor projects in nations which had entered into agreements for cooperation with the United States. --The United States participated in the July United Nations Disarmament Commission meeting. 1957 --At the end of the year, six reactors made in the United States were in operation in other countries, and licenses to export 16 others from the United States had been issued; nine new agreements for research and power and one for research became effective, five agreements were amended. --Continued financial assistance was given to reactor projects in other nations. --Training and assistance activities to American States continued. Work continued on the establishment of a Spanish language training center in atomic energy at University of Puerto Rico. --The United States held its fifth course of the International School of Nuclear Science and Engineering. --Eighty nations signed the IAEA statute and 59 nations became charter members. --The European Atomic Energy Community was established. --The Commission was a cosponsor or supported 10 international conferences in nuclear science and technology. --The International Atomic Energy Agency was formally inaugurated in Vienna, Austria on October 1. 1958 --President Eisenhower submitted to Congress and asked for early approval of an international agreement with EURATOM for a cooperative program on the peaceful uses of atomic energy. 64-626 0-76-13 --The European Nuclear Energy Agency was officially established February 1, within the framework of the Organization for European Economic Cooperation. --The Commission announced liberalization of conditions under which uranium enriched to more than 20 percent in U-235 could be made available to friendly nations under agreements for cooperation. --Letters of commitment for $350,000 each for research reactor projects had been made to 16 countries, nine of them during 1958. --More than 8.5 kilograms of U-235 were shipped to foreign countries. --The Second United Nations International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy was held. 1959 --Exchange visits were made between leading figures in atomic energy activities in the Soviet Union and the United States. --Discussions continued among the United Kingdom, the United States and the Soviet Union on the cessation of nuclear weapons tests. --The number of member states of the IAEA increased to 70. General principles of the application of safeguards were provisionally approved by the Board of Governors. --Closer ties were established with the Organization for European Economic Cooperation. --Two new agreements for cooperation were signed. |