[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 9, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30631-30632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-12070]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 70-7029; NRC-2020-0232]
Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Ft. Belvoir, Virginia
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: License; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued
Special Nuclear Materials (SNM) License No. SNM-7005 to the Defense
Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), in Ft. Belvoir, Virginia to possess and
use SNM for education, research, and training programs. The license
authorizes DTRA to possess and use SNM for 10 years from the date of
issuance.
DATES: License SNM-7005 was issued May 20, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2020-0232 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You
may obtain publicly available information related to this document
using any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2020-0232. Address
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann;
telephone: 301-415-0624; email: [email protected]. For technical
questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this document.
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 (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or
by email to [email protected]. The ADAMS accession number
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for each document referenced (if it is available in ADAMS) is provided
the first time that it is mentioned in this document. In addition, for
the convenience of the reader, instructions about obtaining materials
referenced in this document are provided in the ``Availability of
Documents'' section.
Attention: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies
of public documents, is currently closed. You may submit your request
to the PDR via email at [email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or
301-415-4737, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (EST), Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tyrone D. Naquin, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-7352; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The DTRA is a combat support agency and a defense agency with a
mission to counter the threats posed by weapons of mass destruction,
including chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield
explosives; counter the threats posed by the growing and evolving
categories of improvised threats, including improvised explosive
devices, car bombs and weaponized consumer drones, as well as the
tactics, technologies and networks that put them on the battlefield;
and to ensure that the U.S. military maintains a safe, secure,
effective and credible nuclear weapons deterrent.
II. Discussion
Pursuant to Section 2.106 of title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR), the NRC is providing notice of the issuance of
new license SNM-7005 to DTRA, which authorizes DTRA to possess and use
SNM for education, research, and training programs at its location in
Ft. Belvoir, Virginia. The original application for a license was
submitted on August 21, 2020 (ADAMS Accession No. ML20254A189). DTRA
subsequently supplemented and revised its application in response to a
request for additional information (ADAMS Accession No. ML21057A037) on
February 26, 2021. Because the licensed material will be used for
research and development purposes, issuance of License SNM-7005 is an
action that is categorically excluded from a requirement to prepare an
environmental assessment or environmental impact statement, pursuant to
10 CFR 51.22(c)(14)(v).
The NRC previously published notice of DTRA's request for a
materials license with a notice of opportunity to request a hearing in
the Federal Register on October 28, 2020 (85 FR 68374). The NRC did not
receive a request for a hearing or for a petition for leave to
intervene. This license complies with the standards and requirements of
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and the NRC's rules and
regulations as set forth in 10 CFR Chapter 1. Accordingly, this license
was issued on May 20, 2021, and was effective immediately.
The NRC prepared a safety evaluation report for the issuance of
License SNM-7005 and concluded that the licensee can operate the
facility without endangering the health and safety of the public.
III. Availability of Documents
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's ``Rules of Practice,''
the details with respect to this action, including the safety
evaluation report and accompanying documentation and license, are
available electronically at the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this site, you can
access ADAMS, which provides text and image files of the NRC's public
documents. For further details related to this action, visit https://www.regulations.gov under Docket ID NRC-2020-0232.
The documents identified in the following table are available to
interested persons through ADAMS accession numbers as indicated.
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Document description ADAMS Accession No.
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DTRA's application for materials license, August 21, 2020.. ML20254A189
Response to Request for Additional Information and ML21057A037
Revisions to application, February 26, 2021.
Issuance of SNM-7005, May 20, 2021......................... ML21064A164 (Package)
NRC Safety Evaluation Report, May 20, 2021................. ML21064A166
Special Nuclear Materials License for the DTRA, May 20, ML21064A167
2021.
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Dated: June 3, 2021.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Yoira K. Diaz-Sanabria,
Acting Director, Division of Fuel Management, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2021-12070 Filed 6-8-21; 8:45 am]
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