[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 145 (Thursday, July 29, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44817-44818]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-18659]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 70-3103; NRC-2010-0264]


Notice of Availability of Uranium Enrichment Fuel Cycle Facility 
Inspection Reports Regarding Louisiana Energy Services, National 
Enrichment Facility, Eunice, NM Prior to the Commencement of Operations

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ty Naquin, Project Manager, Uranium 
Enrichment Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office 
of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Rockville, MD 20852. Telephone: (301) 492-3187; Fax Number: 
(301) 492-3359; E-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has conducted 
inspections of the Louisiana Energy Services (LES), LLC, National 
Enrichment Facility in Eunice, New Mexico, and has verified that 
cascade number 1 of the facility has been constructed in accordance 
with the requirements of the approved license. The NRC staff has 
prepared inspection reports documenting its findings in accordance with 
the requirements of the NRC Inspection Manual. As a result of these 
inspections, on June 10, 2010, the Commission authorized the licensee 
to start operations of cascade number 1. The publication of this Notice 
satisfies the requirements of 10 CFR 70.32(k) and section 193(c) of the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.
    The introduction of uranium hexafluoride into any module of the 
National Enrichment Facility is not permitted until the Commission 
completes an operational readiness and management measures verification 
review to verify that management measures that ensure compliance with 
the performance requirements of 10 CFR 70.61 have been implemented and 
confirms that the facility has been constructed in accordance with the 
license and will be operated safely. This notice addresses the 
licensee's readiness for its first phase of plant operation. Subsequent 
operational readiness and management measures verification reviews will 
continue throughout the various phases of plant construction and, upon 
completion of these subsequent phases, additional notices will be 
posted to verify that the phase in question has been constructed in 
accordance with the license and to acknowledge licensee readiness for 
operations. As additional cascades are made available for inspection, 
the Commission will determine whether they are authorized for use. Any 
cascade authorizations will be discussed in the additional notices.

II. Further Information

    Documents related to this action are available electronically at 
the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this site, you can access the NRC's Agencywide 
Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), which provides text and 
image files of NRC's public documents. The ADAMS accession numbers for 
the documents related to this Notice are:

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                                                               ADAMS
         Inspection report Nos.                Date        accession No.
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70-3103/2006-001........................      01-19-2007     ML070190661
70-3103/2007-001........................      05-24-2007     ML071440430
70-3103/2007-002........................      08-16-2007     ML072280647
70-3103/2007-003........................      11-02-2007     ML073060571
70-3103/2007-004........................      03-07-2008     ML080670475
70-3103/2008-001........................      04-24-2008     ML081160345
70-3103/2008-002........................      07-10-2008     ML081930118
70-3103/2008-003........................      10-30-2008     ML083040618
70-3103/2008-004........................      12-19-2008     ML083540709
70-3103/2008-005........................      03-02-2009     ML090610203
70-3103/2008-006........................      03-20-2009     ML090790642
70-3103/2009-001........................      03-26-2009     ML090850669
70-3103/2009-002........................      06-30-2009     ML091770643
70-3103/2009-003........................      09-30-2009     ML092730612
70-3103/2009-004........................      12-21-2009     ML093511013
70-3103/2009-006........................      10-14-2009     ML092820188
70-3103/2009-007........................      01-27-2010     ML100271177
70-3103/2009-008........................      03-18-2010     ML100770218
70-3103/2010-005........................      03-26-2010     ML100850424
70-3103/2010-006........................      05-03-2010     ML101230475
70-3103/2010-007........................      03-31-2010     ML100900329

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70-3103/2010-008........................      04-27-2010     ML101170813
70-3103/2010-009........................      05-07-2010     ML101300087
70-3103/2010-010........................      06-04-2010     ML101480080
70-3103/2010-202........................      06-04-2010     ML101480060
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    Several inspections of the Information Security Program were 
completed. These inspections included reviews of how classified matter 
is protected at the facility as well as reviews of classified computer 
networks. These inspection reports have not been listed in this Notice 
because they are not available publicly.
    If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in 
accessing the documents located in ADAMS, contact the NRC Public 
Document Room Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737 or by 
email to [email protected].
    These documents may also be viewed electronically on the public 
computers located at the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), O 1 F21, One 
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. The PDR 
reproduction contractor will copy documents for a fee.

    Dated at Rockville, MD, this 13th day of July 2010.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brian W. Smith,
Chief, Uranium Enrichment Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and 
Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2010-18659 Filed 7-28-10; 8:45 am]
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