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5. The two Governments further agree that, in consideration of the contributions in kind to be made available by the Government of Japan during the initial period from the date of coming into force of the present Agreement to March 31, 1955, the amount of cash contributions by the Government of Japan for such period shall not exceed Three Hundred Fifty-Seven Million Three Hundred Thousand Yen (Y357,300,000).

APPENDIX F

AGREEMENT FOR COOPERATION ON THE CIVIL USES OF ATOMIC ENERGY BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERCIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND (Signed at Washington 15 June 1955, entered into force 21 July 1955, 6 U.S.T. 2709, TIAS 3321; extended and amended 20 October and 3 November 1955, 6 U.S.T. 3079, TIAS 3359, and 13 June 1956, 7 U.S.T. 2057, TIAS 3608.)

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Article I

Scope of Agreement

A. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the availability of material and personnel, and the applicable laws, regulations and license requirements in force in their respective countries, the Parties shall assist each other in the achievement of the use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes. It is the intent of the Parties that such assistance shall be rendered on a reciprocal basis.

B. The disposition and utilization of atomic weapons and the exchange of restricted data relating to the design or fabrication of atomic weapons shall be outside the scope of this Agreement. C. The exchange of restriced data under this Agreement shall be subject to the following limitations:

(i) It shall extend only to that which is relevant to current or projected programs.

(ii) Restricted data which is primarily of military significance shall not be exchanged, except as provided in Article I bis.

(iii) The development of submarine, ship, aircraft, and cer

tain package power reactors is presently concerned primarily with their military use, and there may be future types of reactors the development of which is concerned primarily with their military use. Accordingly, restricted data pertaining primarily to any of these types of reactors will not be exchanged, except as provided in Article I bis.

(iv) Restricted data on specific experimental power, demonstration power, or power reactors will not be exchanged unless the reactor is currently in operation in the receiving country or is being considered seriously for construction by the receiving country as a source of power

or as an intermediate step in a power production program. There shall, however, be exchanged such general information, including restricted data, on design and characteristics of various types of reactors as is required to permit evaluation and comparison of their potential use in a power production program.

D. This Agreement shall not require the exchange of any information which the parties are not permitted to communicate because the information is privately developed and privately owned or has been received from another government.

E. The Parties will not transfer or export, or permit the transfer or export, under this Agreement of any material, equipment or device which is primarily of a military character.

"Article I bis

"Exchange of Information on Reactors of Primarily Military Significance

"A. At such time as any one of the types of reactors referred to in Article I C (iii) warrants application to civil uses, restricted data on that type shall be exchanged as may be agreed, subject to the provisions of Article I.

"B. In the meantime, and subject to the provisions of Article I, classified and unclassified information on the development, design, construction, operation and use of military package power reactors and reactors for the propulsion of naval vessels, aircraft, or land vehicles, for military purposes shall be exchanged to the extent and by such means as may be agreed. Each Party will use its best efforts to ensure that any classified information received from the other Party pursuant to this paragraph will be used only in connection with reactors intended for military use, until such time as it has been agreed under paragraph A of this Article to exchange restricted data on the type of reactor to which such classified information pertains or such information has been removed from the category of classified information by the Party from which it has been received."

Article II

Exchange of Information between the Commission and the

Authority

Subject to the provisions of Article I, classified information in the specific fields set out below and unclassified information shall be exchanged between the Commission and the Authority with

respect to the application of atomic energy to peaceful uses, including research and development relating to such uses and problems of health and safety connected therewith. The exchange of information provided for in this Article shall be accomplished through the various means available, including reports, conferences and visits to facilities. The following are the fields in which classified information shall be exchanged:

A. Reactors

1. Fields of exchange:

(a) Reactor physics, including theory of and pertinent data relating to neutron bombardment reactions, neutron cross sections, critically calculations, reactor kinetics, and shielding.

(b) Reactor engineering-theory of and data relating to such problems as reactor stress and heat transfer analysis insofar as these are pertinent to the over-all design and optimization of the reactor.

(c) Properties of reactor materials-effects of operating conditions on the properties of reactor materials, including fuel, moderator and coolant.

(d) Specification for reactor materials-final form specifications including composition, shape, and size and special handling techniques of reactor materials including source material, special nuclear material, heavy water, reactor grade graphite, and zirconium.

(e) Reactor components-general performance specifications of reactor components.

(f) Over-all design and characteristics, and operational techniques and performance, of research, experimental power, demonstration power, and power reactors.

2. Detailed designs, detailed drawings and applied technology of reactors of the types referred to in subparagraph 1 (f) of this paragraph and of related components, equipment and devices in this field shall not be exchanged except as may be agreed.

3. The exchange of information under this paragraph shall include and be limited to information from the following sources and shall be accomplished in such a manner as to maintain a reciprocal basis of exchange:

(a) Information developed by and for the Commission and information developed by and for the public and private utility groups in the United States with the assistance of the Commission;

(b) Information developed by and for the Authority and information developed by and for the United Kingdom

Electricity Supply Authorities with the assistance of the
Authority.

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A. With respect to any invention or discovery employing information which has been communicated under this Agreement by one of the Parties to the other in accordance with Article I bis or Article II and made or conceived thereafter but during the period of this Agreement, and in which invention or discovery rights are owned by the Government of the United States or by the Government of the United Kingdom or any agency or corporation owned or controlled by either, each Party:

(1) agrees to transfer and assign to the other Party all right, title, and interest in and to any such invention, discovery, patent application, or patent in the country of that other Party, to the extent owned, subject to a royalty-free, nonexclusive, irrevocable license for the governmental purposes of the transferring and assigning Party and for purposes of mutual defence:

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A. All classified material, equipment, devices and classified information exchanged under this Agreement shall be safeguarded in accordance with the applicable security arrangements between the Commission and the Authority.

B. No material, equipment or device transferred pursuant to this agreement shall be used for atomic weapons or for research on or development of atomic weapons, or for any other military purpose.

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