[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 105 (Thursday, May 31, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 32146]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-13183]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 40-9086; NRC-2010-0143]


Safety Evaluation Report, International Isotopes Fluorine 
Products, Inc., Fluorine Extraction Process and Depleted Uranium 
Deconversion Plan, Lea County, NM

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) 
is considering the issuance of a license to International Isotopes 
Fluorine Products, Inc., (IIFP or the applicant) to authorize 
construction and operations of a depleted uranium deconversion facility 
and possession and use of source material. This proposed facility is 
known as the Fluorine Extraction Process and Depleted Uranium 
Deconversion Plant (FEP/DUP) and will be located in Lea County, New 
Mexico. The NRC has prepared a Safety Evaluation Report (SER) in 
support of this license application review (NUREG-2116).

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2010-0143 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may access information related to this document, which the NRC 
possesses and is publicly available using the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2010-0143. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-492-
3668; email: [email protected].
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may access publicly-available documents online in the NRC 
Library at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the 
search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and then select ``Begin Web-
based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's 
Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-
4737, or by email to [email protected]. The ADAMS accession number 
for each document referenced in this notice (if that document is 
available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is 
referenced.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Bartlett, Project Manager, 
Conversion, Deconversion and Enrichment Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle 
Safety and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and 
Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001; telephone: 301-492-3119; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction

    By letter dated December 30, 2009, the applicant submitted to the 
NRC, an application requesting a license, under Title 10 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 40 to possess and use source material 
for a fluorine extraction and depleted uranium deconversion facility. 
The applicant proposes that the facility, known as the FEP/DUP, be 
located in Lea County, New Mexico, about 23 kilometers (14 miles) east 
of the city of Hobbs, New Mexico. By letter dated May 3, 2012, IIFP 
submitted an updated application incorporating information requested by 
the NRC staff during the application review, see ADAMS Accession Number 
ML12124a307.
    The NRC staff has prepared the SER in support of this license 
application review. The SER discusses the results of the safety review 
performed by the staff in the following areas: General information, 
organization and administration, integrated safety analysis (ISA) and 
ISA summary, radiation protection, nuclear criticality safety, chemical 
process safety, fire safety, emergency management, environmental 
protection, decommissioning, management measures, quality assurance 
program description, physical protection, materials control and 
accountability, and human factors.

II. Further Information

    The SER is 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 ADAMS, which provides text and image files of 
NRC's public documents. The ADAMS Accession Number for the May 3, 2012, 
revised license application is ML12123a245. The ADAMS Accession Number 
for the May 22, 2012 SER is ML113140271.
    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's (PDR's) reference staff at 800-397-4209, 301-415-4737 
or via email to [email protected].
    These documents may also be viewed electronically on the public 
computers located at the NRC's PDR, O1-F21, 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 22nd day of May 2012.

    For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Marissa Bailey,
Deputy Director, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office 
of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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