[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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