[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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