[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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