CHAPTER X

                     REFERENCES AND OPERATING PROCEDURES

                     PART A - ATOMIC ENERGY ACT EXCERPTS

1.  GENERAL.  Pursuant to the Department of Energy Organization Act and the
    Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, as amended, the Secretary of Energy
    has certain responsibilities with regard to the control of information
    which fall under the purview of the Atomic Energy Act.  In accordance
    with the Atomic Energy Act, it is DOE policy to control the
    dissemination and declassification of RD in such a manner as to assure
    the common defense and security.  All information falling within the
    definition of RD is classified at its inception by the Atomic Energy
    Act.

2.  DECLASSIFICATION AND TRANSCLASSIFICATION are also provided for by the
    Act.  The five provisions of the Atomic Energy Act excerpted below deal
    with declassification or transclassification (section 142, Atomic
    Energy Act):

         "a.  The [Secretary of Energy] shall from time to time determine
              the data, within the definition of Restricted Data, which can
              be published without undue risk to the common defense and
              security and shall thereupon cause such data to be
              declassified and removed from the category of Restricted Data.

         "b.  The [Secretary of Energy] shall maintain a continuous review
              of Restricted Data and of any classification guides issued for
              the guidance of those in the atomic energy program with
              respect to the areas of Restricted Data which have been
              declassified in order to determine which information may be
              declassified and removed from the category of Restricted Data
              without undue risk to the common defense and security.

         "c.  In the case of Restricted Data which the [Secretary of Energy]
              and the Department of Defense jointly determine to relate
              primarily to the military utilization of atomic weapons, the
              determination that such data may be published without
              constituting an unreasonable risk to the common defense and
              security shall be made by the [Secretary of Energy] and the
              Department of Defense jointly, and if the [Secretary of
              Energy] and the Department of Defense do not agree, the
              determination shall be made by the President.  [Provision for
              declassification of FRD.]

         "d.  The [Secretary of Energy] shall remove from the Restricted
              Data category such data as the [Secretary of Energy] and the
              Department of Defense jointly determine relates primarily to
              the military utilization of atomic weapons and which the
              [Secretary of Energy] and the Department of Defense jointly
              determine can be adequately safeguarded as defense
              information:  provided, however, that no such data so removed
              from the Restricted Data category shall be transmitted or
              otherwise made available to any nation or regional defense
              organization, while such data remains defense information,
              except pursuant to an agreement for cooperation entered into
              in accordance with subsection 144b [of the Atomic Energy Act].
              [Provision for the transclassification of RD to FRD.]

         "e.  The [Secretary of Energy] shall remove from the Restricted
              Data category such information concerning the atomic energy
              programs of other nations as the [Secretary of Energy] and the
              Director of Central Intelligence jointly determine to be
              necessary to carry out the provisions of section 102(d) of the
              National Security Act of 1947, as amended, and can be
              adequately safeguarded as defense information."