Australian Obligated Nuclear Material Overseas

Table 14 Locations and Quantities of AONM as at 31 December 1999

Category	Location	Quantity (tonnes)
Total (tonnes)[26]		86,299
Natural Uranium	Canada, Euratom, Japan, ROK, USA	16,590
Uranium in Enrichment Plants	Euratom, Japan, USA	24,518
Depleted Uranium	Euratom, Japan, USA	38,384
Low Enriched Uranium	Canada, Euratom, Japan, ROK, Switzerland, USA	6,672
Irradiated Plutonium	Canada, Euratom, Japan, ROK, Switzerland, USA	47.3
Separated Plutonium	Euratom, Japan	1.6
Thorium	USA	86

of AONM during 1999">
Table 15 Transfers
of AONM during 1999

Process^[27]

Quantity
Uranium(tonnes)

Transfer Destination

Conversion

1,286

Canada

2,578

Euratom

2,248

USA

Total transfers between jurisdictions

to conversion plants

6,112

Enrichment

830

USA

4

Japan

Total transfers between jurisdictions

to enrichment plants

834

Fuel fabrication

6

Euratom

116

Japan

22

USA

23

ROK

Total transfers between jurisdictions
to fuel fabrication plants

167

Reactor Irradiation

1

Euratom

20

Japan

Total transfers between jurisdictions

to reactors^[28]

21

[26]. The end-use for all AONM is for the production
of electric power in civil nuclear reactors and for related R&D. AONM cannot be used for any military
purpose.

In accordance with the relevant agreements, Australias bilateral
safeguards agreement partners report on a calendar year basis.

The actual quantities of AONM held in each country, and accounted for by
that country pursuant to the relevant agreement with Australia, are considered
by ASNOs counterparts to be confidential information. Totals above have been consolidated from
annual reports to ASNO from its counterparts.

All quantities are given as tonnes weight of the element uranium,
plutonium or thorium. In the case of
uranium, the isotope weight of uranium-235 is, for natural uranium 0.711% of
the element weight, for depleted uranium 0.20%, and for low enriched uranium in
the range 1-5%.

Irradiated plutonium comprises plutonium contained in irradiated power
reactor fuel, or plutonium reloaded in a power reactor following reprocessing,
but does not include separated plutonium.
Plutonium recovered from reprocessing is categorised as separated
plutonium until it has been fabricated with uranium as MOX (mixed oxide) fuel
and returned to a reactor for further power generation.

There may be minor discrepancies in the above figures due to rounding.

[27]. The above figures are for
transfers made during 1999 and do not include transfers made in earlier
years. The figures do not include
transfers of AONM made within the fuel cycle of a State (or of Euratom), only
between jurisdictions.

[28]. There were no transfers of AONM between
jurisdictions to reprocessing plants in 1999.

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