[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 207 (Thursday, October 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65103-65104]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-23386]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 11006421; NRC-2022-0176]
Perma-Fix Northwest Richland, Inc.
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Export license application; opportunity to provide comments,
request a hearing, and petition for leave to intervene.
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SUMMARY: On September 20, 2022, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) received an application for an export license (XW030) from Perma-
Fix Northwest Richland, Inc. (PFNW) seeking approval for a license to
export of low-level radioactive waste to Nuklearna Elektrama Krsko
d.o.o, in Slovenia. The NRC is providing notice of the opportunity to
comment, request a hearing, and petition to intervene on PFNW's
application.
DATES: Submit comments by November 28, 2022. A request for a hearing or
a petition for leave to intervene must be filed by November 28, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods;
however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the
Federal Rulemaking Website:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2022-0176. 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.
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: Joanne Savoy, Office of International
Programs, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001; telephone: 301-287-9092, email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to NRC-2022-0176 or Docket No. 11006456 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-2022-0176.
NRC's Public Website: Go to https://www.nrc.gov and search
for XW030, Docket No. 11006456, or Docket ID NRC-2022-0176.
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 export license application from
PFNW is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML22263A017.
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.
B. Submitting Comments
The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the
Federal rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please
include NRC-2022-0176 or Docket No. 11006456 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.
I. Discussion
On September 20, 2022, the NRC received an application from PFNW
requesting a specific license to export Slovenian-origin radioactive
waste from PFNW processing facilities to Slovenia. The application
seeks authorization to export no greater than 50,000 kilograms and
0.157 terabecquerels (TBq) of low-level radioactive waste in the form
of residual ash and residual metal or non-combustible material. The
applicant requests an expiration date of March 1, 2028.
In accordance with section 110.70 paragraph (b) of title 10 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) the NRC is providing notice of the
receipt of the application; providing the opportunity to submit written
comments concerning the application; and providing the opportunity to
request a hearing or
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petition for leave to intervene, for a period of 30 days after
publication of this notice in the Federal Register.
A hearing request or petition for leave to intervene must include
the information specified in 10 CFR 110.82(b). 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(a), either by delivery, by
mail, or filed with the NRC electronically in accordance with the NRC's
E-Filing rule (72 FR 49139; August 28, 2007, as amended at 77 FR 46562;
August 3, 2012). Detailed guidance on making electronic submissions may
be found in the Guidance for Electronic Submissions to the NRC and on
the NRC website at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html.
To comply with the procedural requirements of E-Filing, at least 10
days prior to the filing deadline, the participant should contact the
Office of the Secretary by email at [email protected], or by
telephone at 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
follows.
NRC Export License Application
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Application Information
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Name of Applicant............ Perma-Fix Northwest Richland, Inc.
(PFNW).
Date of Application.......... September 12, 2022.
Date Received................ September 20, 2022.
Application No............... XW030.
Docket No.................... 11006456.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML22263A017.
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Description of Material
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Material Type................ Radioactive waste consisting of residual
ash and residual metal or non-
combustible material that cannot be
recycled.
Total Quantity............... Authorization to export a total maximum
quantity of waste will not exceed 50,000
kilograms. The maximum quantity returned
to the originating Slovenia Power Plant
will not exceed 0.157 terabecquerels.
Radionuclides potentially present in the
waste may include Co-60, Cs-137, Am-241,
Cm-242, Cm-244, Pu-238, Pu-239, Mn-54,
Co-58, Nb-95, Ag-110m, Sn-113, Cs-134,
and Sb-125.
End Use...................... Storage or disposal by the original
generator in Slovenia.
Country of Destination....... Slovenia.
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Dated: October 24, 2022.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Peter J. Habighorst,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of International Programs.
[FR Doc. 2022-23386 Filed 10-26-22; 8:45 am]
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