sasdoc db elds capture_date 01 JAN 1994 lcapture_date channel nla lchannel concepts PRESS COMMENTS URANIUM DEVELOPMENT date 19 FEB 1976 ldate decaption_date 01 JAN 1960 ldecaption_date disp_date 01 JAN 1960 ldisp_date enclosure nla lenclosure eo GS leo isecure 1 Iisecure Iocator TEXT ON-LINE ON office ACTlON origpclass nla lorigpclass otigphand nla lorigphand pchannel nla lpchannel pclass nla lpclass phandling nla lphandling reference 76 STATE 30129 76 SEOUL 1139 lreference APPROVED Ireview_action review_comment review_date 30 MAR 2004 Ireview_date 30 MAR 2004 by CollinPO REFER TO APPROVED lt 27 JUL 2004 by 74 DocId 31610515 review_markings Margaret P Grafeld Not releasable under either Executiv Order 0 US Department of State other law or regulation EO Systematic Review 04 MAY 2006 review_markings revnew_release_event secure OPEN lsecure subject ROK URANIUM RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT PLANS Isubject tags EMlN MNUC ENRG TECH KS tags to STATE lto db elds markings Margaret P Grafeld Not 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m0 4Im 2m 3 04 4 4 000m0m0 cm z c s 0m mr0u m24 4 6 zzc r wc00m4 40 00cm m 2 83 20 522 2 B44 ooOm0 20 40 mecxomm 98 50 55 3 20 08 22 20 2 89 3 2 20 0nmm 4_ozm 4 roo 4_ozm nx00c04 0mm mm 20 m4omm0 0m cmmo m m4oox mow 2m 02 0 54 sE mer mxnmazm24m 2 41m umaoo 02 82084 8 v 54 mx4m 04 02 $02 m 4m 2 2m0 nmoz 41m Oxoxcz 4033 02 58 6 20 40 2 02 92 mmvom4 wmosomo 40 mzm mm 404 8 _z or zo 005 8 80 6 Omm m 0m0 8 0024m24 w mxd OdOZ 00004 000mm mumpomum s can 5230 U308 IN SOL FICKED UP Jfg k NET vim TECHNICAL REPORT ON THIS PILOT RUN WAS 1975' THAT GMI WAS CAPAMEDIA WHICH REPORTED IN LATE FEBRUARY DAILY WITH A YIELD OF BLE OF PROCESSING ONE TON OF URANIUM ORE ORE quot- THE ARTICL quot SIx KILOGRAMS OF URANIUM PER TON OF COST OF $56 A POUND WE ALSO ESTIMATED THE U308 PRODUCTION DAILY THESE CLAIMS WEREN PLANT CAPACITY REACHED 100 TONS OF ORE ARTICLES HAS EMPHASIZ NOTED IN SEOUL 1139 THE RECENT SPATE OF URANIUM HAS ED THAT RAPID INCREASE IN INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIALLY A ADE ROK DEVELOPMENT OF ITS URANIUM RESERVES CCEPTABLE AS WELL AS NECESSARY TO INSURE SUFFICIENT PAGE 03 SEOUL 01226 1909272 URANIUM TO FUEL ROK NUCLEAR POWER PROGRAM MOST RECENT GMI UNOFFICIAL UNPUBLISHED ESTIMATE ON PRODUCTION COSTS OF U208 IS FROM OKCHUN FORMATION IN ADDITION TO ITS EXISTING ONE FACILITY GMI WILL CONSTRUCT AND BEGIN OPERATION IN 1976 OF 100 ORE INPUT PILOT PLANT 4 COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND GOVERNMENT SUPPORT ROKG SUPPORT OF DEVELOPMENT OF URANIUM RESOURCES HAS RECENTLY PICKED UP SPEED WITH MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AMONG OTHERS TYING URANIUM DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENT TO THAT OF OTHER ORES ON FEBRUARY 5 1976 THE ROK FINANCE MINISTRY ANNOUNCED THAT IT WOULD SUPPORT THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF quot SUCH STRATEGIC INDUSTRIES AS OIL AND WITH TAX ALLOWANCES AND A $6 MILLION LOW INTEREST LOAN FUND TO BE MANAGED BY THE KOREA DEVELOP- MENT BANK IN SUPPORT OF EXPLORATION MINING AND PRODUCT REFINING ALSO AS OF EARLY FEBRUARY 1976 THE KOREA URANIUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY IS PREPARING TO REGISTER AS A LEGAL ENTITY FYI THIS FIRM HAS APPROACHED EMBASSY COMMERCIAL SECTION CLAIMING To HOLD SUBSTANTIAL MINERAL RIGHTS TO OKCHUN FORMATION AND SEEKING ADVICE AS TO BEST APPROACH FOR INDUCEMENT OF US TECHNOLOGY AND EQUITY FOR URANIUM EXTRACTION AND MILLING AN INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED TO DOC IN RESPONSE TO THIS REQUEST PROBABLY IN LATE FEBRUARY 5 COMMENT IN SEVERAL NEWSPAPER ARTICLES PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS AND IN DEALINGS WITH KOREAN FIRMS MENTIONED ABOVE EMBASSY RECEIVES STRONG IMPRESSIONS THAT ROKG SPECIFICALLY MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IS PUSHING DEVELOPMENT OF URANIUM REGARD- LESS OF NEAR TERM COMMERCIAL PROFITABILITY IN ORDER TO GAIN GREATER MEASURE OF CONTROL OVER FUEL CYCLE KOREAN FIRM FOR EXAMPLE DEMONSTRATED WHAT IT CLAIMED WERE ROKG DOCUMENTS CALLING FOR DEVELOPMENT OF URANIUM PRODUCTION CAPACITY BY 1980 FOR USE OF URANIUM AS FUEL IN ROK THIRD NUCLEAR POWER PLANT CANDU HEAW WATER UNIT DUE FOR CRITICALITY CIRCA 1981 AS WELL AS FOR FUEL AFTER U S ENRICHMENT FOR LIGHT WATER POWER REACTORS WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR ROKG AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INDIGENOUS EXTRACTION AND MILLING CAPABILITY SNEIDER DECLASSIFIED 0515 Nw# 50997 DocId 3161 This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu