[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 179 (Friday, September 16, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56987-56988]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20026]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 70-1151; NRC-2015-0039]


Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC; Columbia Fuel Fabrication 
Facility

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License renewal; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has renewed 
Special Nuclear Materials (SNM) License No. SNM-1107 for the continued 
operation of the Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC (WEC) Columbia Fuel 
Fabrication Facility (CFFF) located in Hopkins, South Carolina. License 
No. SNM-1107 authorizes WEC to continue to operate the CFFF for a 
period of 40 years, and will expire on September 12, 2062. The CFFF 
manufactures nuclear fuel assemblies for commercial nuclear power 
reactors.

DATES: License No. SNM-1107 was issued on September 12, 2022, and is 
effective as of the date of issuance.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0039 when contacting the

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NRC about the availability of information regarding this action. You 
may obtain publicly available information related to this action using 
any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0039. 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]. For the convenience of the reader, 
instructions about obtaining materials referenced in this document are 
provided in the ``Availability of Documents'' section.
     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. Eastern Time (ET), Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jenny Tobin, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-2328, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC (WEC) is authorized to possess 
and use SNM under part 70 of title 10 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (10 CFR), ``Domestic Licensing of Special Nuclear 
Material'' at its Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility (CFFF) located in 
Hopkins, South Carolina. The CFFF is licensed to possess and process 
enriched uranium up to a maximum of 5 weight-percent uranium-235 for 
the manufacture of nuclear fuel assemblies for use in commercial 
nuclear power reactors.

II. Discussion

    Pursuant to 10 CFR 2.106, the NRC is providing notice of the 
renewal of License No. SNM-1107, which authorizes WEC to continue the 
manufacture of nuclear fuel assemblies for use in commercial nuclear 
power reactors at its location in Hopkins, South Carolina.
    WEC's request for the license renewal was previously noticed in the 
Federal Register (FR) on February 27, 2015 (80 FR 10727), with a notice 
of opportunity to request a hearing and to petition for leave to 
intervene. No requests were received.
    The NRC prepared a final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), 
NUREG- 2248, ``Environmental Impact Statement for the License Renewal 
of the Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility in Richland County, South 
Carolina'' in support of WEC's license renewal application in 
accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR part 51. The final EIS was 
noticed in the Federal Register on August 5, 2022 (87 FR 48044).
    The NRC determined that License No. SNM-1107 complies with the 
standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 
amended, and with the NRC's rules and regulations as set forth in 10 
CFR chapter 1. Accordingly, this license was issued on September 12, 
2022, and was effective immediately.
    The NRC staff prepared a safety evaluation report for the renewal 
of License No. SNM-1107 and concluded that WEC can continue to operate 
the facility without posing an undue risk to the worker or to public 
health and safety.

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 in 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-2015-0039.
    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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Letter from Malek, Elise, ``Westinghouse  ML21263A217
 Revised SNM-1107 License Renewal
 Application,'' dated September 20, 2021.
NUREG-2248 ``Environmental Impact         ML22201A131
 Statement for the License Renewal of
 the Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility
 in Richland County, South Carolina,''
 dated July 29, 2022 (published in the
 Federal Register on August 5, 2022, at
 87 FR 84044).
Special Nuclear Materials Renewed         ML22157A350
 License SNM-1107, dated September 12,
 2022.
NRC Safety Evaluation Report for the      ML22207B617
 Renewal of License SNM-1107 for
 Westinghouse Electric Company LLC,
 Hopkins, South Carolina Docket Number
 70-1151, dated September 12, 2022.
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    Dated: September 12, 2022.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Shana R. Helton,
Director, Division of Fuel Management, Office of Nuclear Material 
Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2022-20026 Filed 9-15-22; 8:45 am]
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