[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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