[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 225 (Friday, November 24, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55882-55883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-25391]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[License Nos. IW009/03 and XW015/01; Docket Nos. 11005789 and 11005149;
Docket ID NRC-2017-0222]
AREVA Inc.; Import And Export License Amendment Applications
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Import And Export License Amendment Applications; opportunity
to comment, request a hearing, and petition for leave to intervene.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received and is
considering issuing import and export license amendments, IW009/03 and
XW015/01, requested by AREVA Inc., by applications submitted on August
9, 2017, and August 24, 2017. The request seeks the NRC's approval for
an amendment of existing licenses to change the licensee name from
AREVA NP Inc., to AREVA Inc., and approval to extend the expiration
dates for these two licenses.
DATES: Submit comments by December 26, 2017. Requests for a hearing or
a petition for leave to intervene must be filed by December 26, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2017-0222. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions contact
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this document.
Email comments to: [email protected]. If you do not
receive an automatic email reply confirming receipt, then contact us at
301-415-1677.
Fax comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission at 301-415-1101.
Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, ATTN: Rulemakings and
Adjudications Staff.
Hand deliver comments to: 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland 20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. (Eastern Time) Federal
workdays; telephone: 301-415-1677.
For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary Langlie, Office of International
Programs, telephone: 301-287-9076, email: [email protected], U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
You may obtain publicly-available information related to these
import and export license amendment applications from AREVA Inc., by
the following methods:
Federal rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2017-0222.
NRC's public Web site: Go to http://www.nrc.gov and search
for IW009/03 or XW015/01, Docket No. 11005149 or 11005789, Docket ID
NRC-2017-0222, ADAMS Accession Nos. ML17234A650 or ML17257A128.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection 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
import and export license amendment applications from AREVA Inc., are
available in ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML17234A650 and ML17257A128;
and additional information is available in ADAMS under IW009/03 and
XW015/01; and under Docket Nos. 11005149 and 11005789.
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.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC-2017-0222 in your comment submission.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your
comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions into
ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove
identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove such information before making the comment submissions available
to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.
II. Discussion
In accordance with 10 CFR 110.70(b), the NRC is noticing the
receipt of import and export license amendment applications submitted
by AREVA Inc. on August 9, 2017, and August 24, 2017, for the import
and export of radioactive waste from Germany to the State of
Washington, and the return of certain wastes to Germany. This request
comes as the result of a company reorganization and name change,
detailed in a 2014 letter submitted by AREVA Inc. (ML14129A013). AREVA
Inc. has submitted these amendment requests to: (1) Address the company
name change, (2) update the licensee
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point of contact, and (3) extend the expiration dates of these two
licenses.
The current import license--IW009 Amendment No. 2 (ML103010568)--
authorizes the import of Class A radioactive waste contaminants on
combustible materials from Advanced Nuclear Fuels GmbH in Germany to
Richland, Washington. In Washington, the materials will be incinerated
and processed to recover uranium. The associated export license--XW015
(ML101760056)--authorizes the export of Class A radioactive waste
contaminants on non-combustible material to the Advanced Nuclear Fuels
GmbH facility in Germany.
The NRC is opening the opportunity for public comment and opening
the opportunity to file a request for a hearing or petition for leave
to intervene with respect to these proposed amendments for 30 days
after publication of this notice in the Federal Register. Any request
for hearing or petition for leave to intervene shall be served by the
requestor or petitioner upon the applicant; the Office of the General
Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555; the
Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555;
and the Executive Secretary, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC
20520. Hearing requests and intervention petitions must include the
information specified in 10 CFR 110.82(b).
A request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene may be
filed with the NRC electronically in accordance with NRC's E-Filing
rule promulgated in August 2007 (72 FR 49139; August 28, 2007).
Information about filing electronically is available on the NRC's
public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html. To
ensure timely electronic filing, at least 5 days prior to the filing
deadline, the petitioner/requestor should contact the Office of the
Secretary by email at [email protected], or by calling 301-415-
1677, to request a digital ID certificate and allow for the creation of
an electronic docket.
The information concerning these applications for import and export
license amendment follows.
NRC Import and Export License Amendment Applications
[Description of material]
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Name of applicant, date of
application(s), date(s)
received, application no(s)., Material type Total quantity End use Country(ies)
docket no(s)., ADAMS accession
no(s).
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AREVA Inc., August 9, 2017, No change in No change in Amend to change the from/to Germany.
August 24, 2017, August 21, material (Class quantity (up to licensee name and
2017, September 11, 2017, A Radioactive a maximum total point of contact, and
IW009/03, XW015/01, 11005149, Waste). of 36 kilograms extend validity of
11005789, ML17234A650, of uranium-235 the license. No other
ML17256A016, ML17285A013, contained in changes to the
(Supporting e-mail). 1,200 kilograms existing import and
uranium enriched export licenses
to 5.0 WGT% (IW009 and XW015, and
maximum). subsequent
amendments) are
requested. IW009, and
subsequent
amendments, currently
authorize the import
of Class A
Radioactive Waste
contaminants on
combustible materials
for incineration and
recovery of the
contained uranium.
XW015, and subsequent
amendments, currently
authorize the export
(return) of any
contaminated non-
combustibles
recovered to Germany.
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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day of November, 2017.
For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David L. Skeen,
Deputy Director, Office of International Programs.
[FR Doc. 2017-25391 Filed 11-22-17; 8:45 am]
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