[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 212 (Wednesday, November 2, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67765-67766]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-28386]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

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


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

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gregory Chapman, 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, Maryland, 20852. Telephone: 
(301) 492-3106; email: [email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction

    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) 
staff has conducted inspections of the Louisiana Energy Services (LES), 
LLC's, National Enrichment Facility in Eunice, New Mexico, and has 
verified that Cascades 3 and 4 of the facility have 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. On August 23, 2011, 
the Commission authorized the licensee to start operations of Cascades 
3 and 4. The publication of this Notice satisfies the requirements of 
Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (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. 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

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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  accession
      Inspection report No.              Date                 No.
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70-3103/2009-002................          06-26-2009         ML091770643
70-3103/2010-007................          03-31-2010         ML100900329
70-3103/2010-010................          05-28-2010         ML101480080
70-3103/2010-012................          07-21-2010         ML102020385
70-3103/2010-013................          08-20-2010         ML102320298
70-3103/2010-015................          12-22-2010         ML103560272
70-3103/2011-006................          03-31-2011         ML11090A037
70-3103/2011-008................          06-15-2011         ML111660886
70-3103/2011-011................          09-19-2011         ML11263A098
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    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), O1F21, One 
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The 
PDR reproduction contractor will copy documents for a fee.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 24th day of October 2011.

    For the U.S. 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. 2011-28386 Filed 11-1-11; 8:45 am]
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