[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 95 (Tuesday, May 17, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29882-29883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-10565]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. EA-22-038; NRC-2022-0112]


Order Suspending General License Authority To Export Radioactive 
Material and Deuterium to the Russian Federation

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Order; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing an 
Order

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suspending the general license authority under NRC regulations to 
export radioactive material, and deuterium for nuclear end use, to the 
Russian Federation. Exporters are no longer authorized to use the 
general license to export radioactive material, or deuterium for 
nuclear end use, to the Russian Federation and now must apply for a 
specific license pursuant to NRC regulations.

DATES: This Order takes effect immediately.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2022-0112 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-2022-0112. Address 
questions about Dockets IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 
telephone: 301-415-0624; email: [email protected]. For technical 
questions, contact the office listed in the For Further Information 
Contact section of this document.
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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].
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents, by appointment, at the NRC's PDR, Room P1 B35, One White 
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To make 
an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to 
[email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 
8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (ET), Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Office of International Programs, U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: 
301-287-9241, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of the Order is attached.

    Dated: May 12, 2022.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Nader L. Mamish,
Director, Office of International Programs.

Attachment--Order

In the Matter of General License Holders--EA-22-038

Order Suspending General License Authority To Export Radioactive 
Material and Deuterium to the Russian Federation (Effective 
Immediately)

    The licensees that are subject to this order are authorized by the 
NRC through the general licenses granted in sections 110.21 through 
110.24 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), pursuant 
to Sections 54, 64, 82, and 109b of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 
amended (AEA), to export radioactive material, and deuterium for 
nuclear end use, to the Russian Federation.
    The Executive Branch has determined that exports of radioactive 
material, and of deuterium for nuclear end use, to the Russian 
Federation under these 10 CFR part 110 general licenses would be 
inimical to the common defense and security of the United States. For 
this reason, the Executive Branch has requested that the NRC suspend 
the general license authority in 10 CFR 110.21 through 110.24 for any 
exports of radioactive material and deuterium for nuclear end use to 
the Russian Federation. It is the view of the Executive Branch that 
this action is necessary to further the national security interests of 
the United States and to enhance the United States common defense and 
security and is consistent with the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 
amended. Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 161b., 161i., 183, and 186 
of the AEA, and 10 CFR 110.20(b) and (f) and 10 CFR 110.50(a)(1) and 
(2), NRC general license authority to export radioactive material, and 
deuterium for nuclear end use, to the Russian Federation under Sections 
54, 64, 82 and 109b of the AEA and 10 CFR 110.21 through 110.24 is 
suspended, effective immediately. This suspension will remain in effect 
until further notice. Any person wishing to export radioactive 
material, or deuterium for nuclear end use, to the Russian Federation 
must apply for a specific license in accordance with 10 CFR 110.31.

Dated: May 12, 2022.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

/RA/

Nader L. Mamish, Director,
Office of International Programs.

[FR Doc. 2022-10565 Filed 5-16-22; 8:45 am]
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