-- _ Department of State o c Affff'Hf TELEGRAM Hf I ffHH'H AN PAGE OJ TOKYO 00001 D750 J OI56 IJ'Oif02Z 12 ACTI014 SS-25 fH INro ocT-01 1so-oo sso-oo 026 --------------------020 22 R l30253Z DEC 75 FH AH HSASSY TOKYO TO SECSTATE WASHOC 5492 lNFQ USHISSION IAEA VIENNA AMEMBASSY SEOLJL w AHH fH fH fH Hf AH i R E rsEC I OF 2 TOKYO 17749 HHHf EXDIS E O ' 11652 GOS TAGS PARM ENTCH JA SUBJ BI AT RA APPROACH TO GOJ ON REGIONAL REPROCESSING RErS A STATE 285359 B STATE 2B0819 C STATE 2 5808 D STATE 291713 fH fHHH SUMMARY EMBASSY P RESENTED USG PROPOSAL roR HOLDING 81LArEAAL TALKS ON REGIONAL REPMROCESSING CENTERS TO HOFA OFFICIALS INITIAL NEGATIVE REACTION WAS AT LEAST PARTIALLY OVERCOME BY DETAILED EXPLANATION OF USG INTENTIONS BUT FAVORABLE RESPONSE CANNOT BE EXPECTED UNTIL MOFA HAS CONSULTED INTER ALLY AND WITH OTHER INVOLVED GOJ AGENCIES ENO SUMMARY 'o o I SINCE OTSUKA OUT OF TO N ATTENDING UNGA HEETING UNTIL HIOOL NEXT WEEK OR LATER EHBOFrS HET WITH ETO AND 08ATA CHOFA ON DECEMBER II PER INSTRUCTIONS REFTEL A AFTER LISTENING TO SUMMARY OF U S PROPOSAL AS STATED REFTEL A PARA 6 A D RErTEL C PARA ETO RESPONDED WITH HIS OWN UOTE INITIAL PERSONAL UNQUOTE REACTIONS 2 EtO'S ENUMERATED R u S CONCERNS OVER PROLIFERATION HOWEVER u s SHOULD CONCENTRATE ON IMPLEMENTATION Of NPT AND ON INCREASING NUMBER OF NPT STATES RATHER THAN INTRODUCING NEW SCHEMES AT THIS TIM SUCH NEW DEPARTURES AT THIS TIME COULD PAGE 02 TOKYO 00001 IJ0 02Z -IECN i NW# 50997 oocid 32696148 HHf'Hff ooo ' Hff'fHH oooooooooo ooHoff'oe H H 1 1 H fl J I 1 1 H HH 1 1 H 1 1 1 1 H PH P HHP ' Hflflflflflfl Hflfi H Pflfl- oHflf'Hfl 1 1 HP H - I CIII f JEOPARDIZE NPT RATIFICATION BY MAKING NPT APPEAR TO BE INSUFFICIENT NON-PROLIFERATION INSTRUMENT B JAPAN IS ALREADY DEEPLY INVOLVED IN LONDON SUPPLIERS HEEliNG fOLLO -UP AND SINCE CONSENSUS WAS REACHED IN LONDON NEW IDEAS AT THIS STAGE SEEM PRE MATURE C REGIONAL NUCLE AR FAC-ILITIES ARE QUOTE BASICALLY DIFFICULT IDE UNQUOTE ALL COUNTRIES EVEN SKALL ONES WANo FULL FUEL CYCLE CAPABILITY TO ENHANCE NATIONAL SECURITY OR PRESTIGE AND ENSURE SUPPLY Of ENERGY RESOURCE U S HUST UNDERSTAND THIS THINKING CO IAEA STUDY IS NOW UNDERWAY AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED AGAI N NEW DEPARTURES AT THIS- STAGE ARE PREMAT URE E JAPAN WILL NOT HAVE fULL fUEL CYCLE BEFORE 1985 QUOTE IF EVER UNQUOTE JAPAN IS DEPENDENT ON U K fOR REPROCESSING AND IT IS QUOTE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE UNQUOTE TO THINK OF HAVING A LARGE REPORCESSI NG PLANT IN JAPAN JAPAN DOES NOT WANT TO ACCEPT SPENT FUEL FROM OTHER COUNTRIES RECENT PUBLI C CONTROVERSY OVER HUTSU AND PNC REPROCESSING PLANT ARE EVIDENCE -OF THIS PUBLI C ANTIPATHY WITHIN JAPAN TO NUCLEAR FACILITIES IT IS QUOTE CLOSE TO IHPO SIBLE UNQUOTE TO CONSIDER LOCATING A REPROCESSING CENTER IN JAPAN f WH NOT CONSIDER AUSTRALIA U S MAINLAND OR U S PACIFIC ISLANDS A SIT fOR REPROCESSING CENTER 3 AFTER HEARING OUT ETO EHBOFF RESPONDED AS FOLLOWS IN LOW KEY HANNER TO EACH Of SIX POINTS A THE llPT WHILE VITALLY IMPORTANT REQUIRES AUGMENTATION AND U S WISHES TO TIGHTEN NUCLEAR MATERIALS CONTROL AT SENSITIVE POINTS IN FUEL CYCLE o IN UNDERTAKING THIS BILATERAL INITIATIVE WITH THE GO U S HAS NO I NTENTION OF DISRUPTING MOMENTUM TOWARD PT IN J APAH OR OTHER COUNTRIES B LONDON SUPPLIERS MEETING RESULTED IN COHPROHISE NOT REAL CONSENSUS PRINCIPLE OF REGIONAL REPROCESSING WAS ACCEPTED THERE AND U S NOW WISHES TO DISCUSS THIS POSSIBILITY fURTHER BILATERALLY WITH GOJ C NO SHALL COUNTRY CAN JUSTIFY ON ECONOMIC GROUNDS A FULL UCLEAR FUEL CYCLE CAPABILITY HOREOVE WITHOUT SELF - SUFFICIENtY IN REACTOR COMPONENT ANUFACTURE URANIUM OR SUPPLY ETC IT IS NOT LOGI CAL TO ARGUE NEED FOR NATI ONAL REPROCESSING PLANT ON GROUNDS OF FULL fUEL CYCLE CAPABILITY 0 IAEA STUDY AS GOJ'S OWN NUCLEAR INDUSTRY CONSULTANTS HAVE POINTED OUT WILL NOT DEfiNE SIZE L OCAT ION ETC AND NEED NOT STANO IN WAY OF CONCURRENT X PAGE 03 TOKYO 0000 I 1301f0 2Z NW# 50997 DocXd 32696148 I BILATERAL TALKS ON ISSUES OUTSIDE FRAHENORK Of IAEA STUDY U S FEELS CONFIDENT HONEVER THAT IAEA STUDY WILL CONFIRM U S BELIEF THAT SHALL SCALE REPROCESSING PLANTS UNECONOMICAL THEREBY LENDING SUPPORT TO REGIONAL REPROCESSING CONCEPT E AS TO JAPAN'S OWN REPROCESSING PLANS U S UNDERSTANDS THAT JAPANESE INDUSTRY IS INDEED LOOKING AHEAD TO COHHERCIAL SCALE REPORCESSING PLANT EVEN THOUGH IT HAY NOT COH INTO OPERATION UNTIL AFTER 1985 EVEN IN u S NHER NUCLEAR PONER REACTORS HAVE BEEN IN OPERATION SINCE 1957 FULL SCALE COHHERCIAL REPROCESSING PLANT WILL NOT BE OPERATION AL-- UNTJL 1977 OR 1978 THEREFORE ARGUMENT THAT REPORCESSING PLANT IS ESSENTIAL FOR SHALL NATIONAL' NUCLEAR INDUSTRY s NOT CONVINCING F U S HAS NO PRECONCEIVED IDEAS AS TO LOCATIOI4 Of If HULTI-NATIONAL REPROCESSING PLANT NO CERTAINLY RECOGNIZES SENSITIVITY OF JAPANESE GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC TO SUCH HATTERS ETO LISTENED PATIE AND INTERJECTED OCCASIONAL DINTS FOR CLARIFICATION OR ELABORATION ETO VISIBLY RELIEVED AND APPEARED SURPRISED THAT U S NOT PRESSING TO LOCATE REPROCESSING PLANT ON JAPANESE TERRITORY EHBOFFS REITER TED U S DESIRE TO DISCUSS QUESTION OF SITING _ALTE NATIVES AS ONE OF IIAJOR ASPECTS Of PROPOSED DlALOGUE AND WHILE NOT DIS HISSING JAPA AT THE OUTSET AS A POSSIBILITY TH RE NAS NO DESIRE TO PRESSURE GOJ ON THIS POINT TO PURSUED flATTER NITH INQUIRY AS TO NHETHER U S OFFICIALS TRULY UNDERSTOOD JAPANESE RELUCTANCE NITH REGARD TO REPROCESSING PLANT LOCATED IN JAPAN HE THEN CITED INCIDENT NHICH OCCUR 0 DURING NPT REVCON IN GENEVA NHERE UNNAMED U S OfFICIAL APPROACHED JAPANESE DELEGATE IN CORRIDOR TO SUGGEST POSSIBILITY OF LOCATING REPROCESSING PLANT IN JAPAN ETO DID NOT ELABORATE ON THIS ANECDOTE BUT NAS RELIEVED TO HEAR IT WAS NOT INDICATION OF FIRH u S POLICY REGARDING NEED FOR REGIONAL PLANT ON JAPANESE SOIL HAVING BEEN RELIEVED ON QUESTION OF SITING ETP ASKED THAT HIS REMARKS CITED PARA 2 CE ABOVE BE STRICKEN POI TS 6 ETO ALSO RAISED QU DIALOGUE BEGIN EHBOFF S ATEO THIS SUBJECT HELD IN STRICT CONFIDENCE BOTH IN EMBASSY AND IN DEPARTMENT AND ONLY VERY LI ITEO NUH8 OF PERSONS AWARE OF THIS o PROPOSAL FOR BILATERAL PAGE DECLASSIFIED 0 4S1 Authority tJI J - ---- ------- NW# 50997 0 __ TOKYO 00001 130 02Z _ ooaid 32696148 -- - - - - ---- --- - ---------- TALKS WHEN PRESSED ABOUT POSSIBLE LEAKS EI'IBOfF STATED THAT ANY UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURES ON DECLASSIFIED 50 j 'i 1 Authority f l W 81ii'RM ' NW# 50997 Doc Id 32696148 - o 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