[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 91 (Thursday, May 11, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30349-30351]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-10045]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 11005789; NRC-2023-0057]
Framatome, 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: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received and is
considering issuing an extension on an export license (XW015),
requested by Framatome, Inc. by application dated February 8, 2023.
Under export license, XW015, Framatome, Inc. is authorized to return up
to 25,000 kilograms (kg) of non-combustible Class A radioactive waste
(e.g., glass, metal, slag) contaminated with up to 40 kg of uranium
(containing up to 5 percent by weight total of U-235) after treatment
at a Framatome facility in Richland, Washington to Germany. The request
seeks the approval to extend the expiration date for this license for
an additional 5 years, to December 31, 2028. The NRC is providing
notice of the opportunity to comment, request a hearing, and petition
to intervene on Framatome, Inc.'s application.
DATES: Submit comments by June 12, 2023. A request for a hearing or
petition for leave to intervene must be filed by June 12, 2023.
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-2023-0024. 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: Andrea Jones, Office of International
Programs, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
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0001; telephone: 404-997-4443; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to NRC-2023-0057 or Docket No. 11005789 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-2023-0057.
NRC's Public Website: Go to https://www.nrc.gov and search
for License No. XW015, Docket No. 11005789, or Docket ID NRC-2023-0057.
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 is
available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML23060A203.
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
a.m. and 4 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-2023-0057 or Docket No. 11005789 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.
II. Discussion
On February 8, 2023, Framatome, Inc. submitted an application to
the NRC for a license to export radioactive waste. Framatome imports
combustible Class A radioactive waste contaminated with uranium from
Advanced Nuclear Fuels GmbH in Germany to Richland, Washington. In
Washington, these materials will be incinerated and processed to
recover the uranium. Once the uranium is recovered, Framatome exports
the residual non-combustible contaminated Class A radioactive waste,
under export license XW015, to Advanced Nuclear Fuels GmbH facility in
Germany. The export consists of up to 25,000 kg of non-combustible
Class A radioactive waste (e.g., glass, metal, slag) contaminated with
up to 40 kg of uranium (containing up to 5 percent by weight total of
U-235 or up to 2 kgs of U-235). Framatome, Inc. requests an extension
to the expiration date for XW015 to December 31, 2028. No other changes
to XW015 were requested in the application.
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 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 electronic submissions is located
in the ``Guidance for Electronic Submissions to the NRC'' (ADAMS
Accession No. ML13031A056) and on the NRC's public 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
is as follows.
NRC Export License Application
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Application Information
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Name of Applicant............ Framatome, Inc.
Date of Application.......... January 30, 2023.
Date Received................ February 8, 2023.
Application No............... XW015.
Docket No.................... 11005789.
ADAMS Accession No........... ML23060A203.
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Description of Material
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Material Type................ Up to 25,000 kg of non-combustible Class
A radioactive waste (e.g., glass, metal,
slag) contaminated with up to 40 kg of
uranium (containing up to 5 percent by
weight of U-235).
Total Quantity............... Not to exceed 40 kg uranium containing 2
kg of uranium-235 (maximum 5 percent by
weight total of U-235).
End Use...................... Storage and ultimate disposal of low-
level radioactive waste.
Country of Destination....... Germany.
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Dated: April 25, 2023.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Sabrina D. Atack,
Deputy Director, Office of International Programs.
[FR Doc. 2023-10045 Filed 5-10-23; 8:45 am]
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