[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 180 (Wednesday, September 16, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57887-57889]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-20418]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 11005897; NRC-2020-0118]
EnergySolutions Services, Inc.
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Export license amendment application and renewal; opportunity
to provide comments, 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 an application (XW018/02) from EnergySolutions Services,
Inc. (ESSI) to amend and renew an existing export license authorizing
the export of radioactive waste to Germany. The NRC is providing notice
of the opportunity to submit written comments, request a hearing, or a
petition for leave to intervene on ESSI's application.
DATES: Submit comments by October 16, 2020. A request for a hearing or
a petition for leave to intervene must be filed by October 16, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2020-0118. Address
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Jennifer Borges;
telephone: 301-287-9127; 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.
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: Stephen C. Baker, Office of
International Programs, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555-0001, telephone: 301-287-9059, email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to NRC-2020-0118 or Docket No. 11005897 when
contacting the NRC about the availability of information for this
action. You may obtain publicly-available information related to this
action by the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2020-0118.
NRC's Public Website: Go to https://www.nrc.gov and search
for XW018/02, Docket No. 11005897, Docket ID NRC-2020-0118, or ADAMS
Accession No. ML20211L811.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS
Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public
Document Room reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by
email to [email protected]. The export license amendment application
from ESSI is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML20211L811.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include NRC-2020-0118 or Docket No. 11005897 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
https://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 paragraph 110.70(b) of title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR), the NRC is noticing the receipt of an
export license amendment application submitted by ESSI on July 28,
2020, to amend and renew an existing export license authorizing the
export of German-origin radioactive waste from ESSI processing
facilities in the State of Tennessee to Germany. The existing export
license (XW018/01), which expires on December 31, 2021, authorizes the
export of up to 1,000 tons of low-level radioactive waste consisting of
hearth ash from the incineration of dry active material previously
imported from Germany, including personal protective equipment,
laboratory wastes, contaminated filters, insulating materials, plastic
shielding, hoses and tubing, and empty contaminated bulk storage and
waste tanks contaminated with byproduct and special nuclear material in
amounts not to exceed the recipient's domestic possession license. The
application requests: (1) Renewal of the cumulative radioactivity
limits for XW018 of the total quantities of radioactive material/waste
of radioactive material/waste exported to Germany; and (2) a new
expiration date of December 31, 2026. The NRC is noticing the request
to amend the license to export radioactive waste; open the opportunity
for public comment; and open the opportunity to file a request for a
hearing or petition for leave to intervene for a period of 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 in accordance with 10 CFR 110.89. 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, as
amended at 77 FR 46562, August 3, 2012). Information about filing
electronically is available on the NRC's public website at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html. To ensure timely electronic
filing, at least 10 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 (1) request a
digital identification (ID) certificate, which allows the participant
(or its counsel or representative) to digitally sign submissions and
access the E-Filing system for any proceeding in which it is
participating; and (2) advise the Secretary that the participant will
be submitting a petition or other adjudicatory document (even in
instances in which the participant, or its counsel or representative,
already holds an NRC-issued digital ID certificate). Based upon this
information, the Secretary will establish an electronic docket for the
hearing in this proceeding if the Secretary has not already established
an electronic docket.
The information concerning this application for an export license
amendment follows.
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NRC Export License Amendment/Renewal Application
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Application Information:
Name of Applicant................................. Energy Solutions Services, Inc.
Date of Application............................... July 14, 2020.
Date Received..................................... July 28, 2020.
Application No.................................... XW018/02.
Docket No......................................... 11005897.
ADAMS Accession No................................ ML20211L811.
Description of Material:
Material Type..................................... Radioactive material consisting of hearth ash from the
incineration dry active material. Exported material may
also include non-incinerable or non-conforming material
identified during inspection prior to incineration.
Total Quantity \1\.................................... Authorization to export a total maximum quantity of
206.164 TBq, and 350 grams of SNM based on the maximum
activity authorized for possession at Energy Solutions
Canada, Inc. ES Walker Operations as follows: H-3: 18.5
TBq, C-14: 18.5 Tbq, Ra-226: 0.74 TBq, Fe-55: 55.5 TBq,
Th-232: 0.74 TBq, Po-210: 0.37 TBq, Uranium (natural or
depleted): 7.4 TBq, Uranium (not U-233, U-235 or U-
238): 0.074 TBq Atomic number 3 to 83 (excluding C-15
or Fe-55): 111 TBq, Atomic number 84 to 91 (total):
0.185, Transuranics (TRU): 0.185 TBq, Am-241: 0.37 TBq,
and SNM, 235U equivalent: 350 grams.\2\
End Use............................................... Return of non-conforming waste and/or waste resulting
from processing materials for storage and disposal in
Germany. The amendment requests: (1) renewing the
radioactive limits for XW018 of the total quantities of
radioactive material/waste and weights exported to
Germany; (2) revising the route of shipments; (3)
extending the expiration date of the license from
December31, 2021 until December 31, 2026.
Country of Destination................................ Germany.
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\1\ The permit activity limits are the cumulative total maximums over the term of the permit.
\2\ Uranium 235 gram equivalent by weight of 350 grams (ESSI will not import enrichment level that exceed 20% by
weight U-235)
Dated: September 11, 2020.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David L. Skeen,
Deputy Director, Office of International Programs.
[FR Doc. 2020-20418 Filed 9-15-20; 8:45 am]
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