(2019-0423-F) United States Enrichment Corporation

1 folders, approximately 27 pages

This collection consists of records related to a memorandum of agreement (MOA) concerning certification of the United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) to serve as Executive Agent for Russian Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) and involving the Departments of State and Energy and the National Security Council. It contains an undated pre-decisional draft MOA, supporting transmittal memos and routing sheets from mid July 1996, a draft committee charter, and a discussion paper.

The materials in FOIA 2019-0423-F are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related material. This researcher submitted a FOIA request for material related to a memorandum of agreement (MOA) dated no later than August 28, 1996, concerning certification of the United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) and involving the Departments of State and Energy and the National Security Council. Responsive records were found in a packet in NSC Records Management and consist of an undated predecisional draft MOA, supporting transmittal memos and routing sheets dated mid July 1996, a draft committee charter, and a discussion paper. The MOA is a contract between the US government and the USEC to buy HEU from the Russian Federation that had been distilled from disarmed nuclear weapons. The charter lays out the responsibilities for a new committee on HEU oversight established to monitor USEC going forward. The discussion paper enumerates the pros and cons of USEC’s privitization.

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Records that are responsive to this FOIA request were found in Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cable, Email, and Records Management Systems.

Collection is open to all researchers. Access to Clinton Presidential Records is governed by the Presidential Records Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. Chapter 22, as amended) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552, as amended) and therefore records may be restricted in whole or in part in accordance with legal exemptions.

Official records of William Jefferson Clinton’s presidency are housed at the Clinton Presidential Library and administered by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the provisions of the Presidential Records Act (PRA).

Staff Archivist, 2019. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.

The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2019-0423-F:
Box 1
Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cable, Email, and Records Management System
NSC Records Management System
[HEU and USEC]
9604932 [OA/ID 1113]