[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] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ADAMS Inspection report Nos. Date accession No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 [[Page 44818]] 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P