[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 118 (Monday, June 23, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26620-26621]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-11487]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 70-3103; NRC-2025-0093]


Louisiana Energy Services, LLC, dba Urenco USA; URENCO USA 
Facility Authorizations

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Inspection reports; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has 
conducted inspections of the Louisiana Energy Services, LLC, Urenco USA 
(UUSA) Facility in Eunice, New Mexico, and has authorized the 
introduction of uranium hexafluoride (UF6) into Cascades 2, 
4.4, 5.8 through 5.12, and 6.1 through 6.5; authorized the commencement 
of UF6 re-feed operations in Cascades 5.8 through 5.12 and 
6.1 through 6.5; authorized Autoclaves 3, 4, and 5; authorized use of 
the Cylinder Receipt and Dispatch Building--Multifunction 
Decontamination Train; and authorized operation of the Solid Waste 
Collection Facility and Ventilated Room at the UUSA Facility.

DATES: June 23, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2025-0093 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may access publicly available information related to this document 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2025-0093. Address 
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Bridget Curran; 
telephone: 301-415-1003; 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, at 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: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies 
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Rowley, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-4053; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Discussion

    The introduction of UF6 into any separation building 
module (SBM) at the UUSA uranium enrichment facility is not permitted 
until the NRC completes an operational readiness and management 
measures verification review, to verify that management measures ensure 
compliance with the performance requirements of section 70.61 of title 
10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) have been implemented, 
and confirms that the system, structures, and components in the SBM 
were constructed in accordance with the license and would be operated 
safely.
    The NRC staff has conducted operational readiness reviews, 
management measures verification reviews, and prepared inspection 
reports documenting its findings in accordance with the requirements of 
the NRC's Inspection Manual. The authorization letters associated with 
the various reviews and reports are available for review as specified 
in Section II of this notice. The publication of this notice satisfies 
the requirements of 10 CFR 70.32(k), and Section 193(c) of the Atomic 
Energy Act of 1954, as amended.

II. Availability of Documents

    The documents identified in the following table are available to 
interested persons through ADAMS, as indicated.

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        Document description                  ADAMS accession No.
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Louisiana Energy Services, LLC,       ML102020575
 Urenco USA Facility, Docket No. 70-
 3103, Authorization to Introduce
 Uranium Hexafluoride into Cascade
 2, dated July 21, 2010.
Louisiana Energy Services, LLC,       ML13277A424
 Urenco USA Facility, Docket No. 70-
 3103, Autoclave 3 Authorization,
 dated October 4, 2013.
Louisiana Energy Services, LLC,       ML13281A267
 Urenco USA Facility, Docket No. 70-
 3103, Authorization to Introduce
 Uranium Hexafluoride into Cascade
 4.4, dated October 8, 2013.
Louisiana Energy Services, LLC,       ML14336A054
 Urenco USA Facility, Docket No. 70-
 3103, Cylinder Receipt and Dispatch
 Building Multifunction
 Decontamination Train
 Authorization, dated December 1,
 2014.
Louisiana Energy Services, LLC,       ML15163A211
 Urenco USA Facility, Docket No. 70-
 3103, Autoclaves 4 and 5
 Authorization, dated June 12, 2015.
Louisiana Energy Services, LLC,       ML15174A025
 Urenco USA Facility, Docket No. 70-
 3103, Authorization to Introduce
 Uranium Hexafluoride into Cascade
 5.8, dated June 23, 2015.
Louisiana Energy Services, LLC,       ML15201A374
 Urenco USA Facility, Docket No. 70-
 3103, Authorization to Introduce
 Uranium Hexafluoride into Cascade
 5.9, dated July 20, 2015.
Louisiana Energy Services, LLC,       ML15236A139
 Urenco USA Facility, Docket No. 70-
 3103, Authorization to Introduce
 Uranium Hexafluoride into Cascade
 5.10, dated August 24, 2015.
Louisiana Energy Services, LLC,       ML16180A250
 Urenco USA Facility, Docket No. 70-
 3103, Authorization to Introduce
 Uranium Hexafluoride into Cascade
 5.11, dated June 28, 2016.
Louisiana Energy Services, LLC,       ML17090A126
 Urenco USA Facility, Docket No. 70-
 3103, Authorization to Introduce
 Uranium Hexafluoride into Cascade
 5.12, dated March 31, 2017.
Louisiana Energy Services, LLC,       ML15272A553
 Urenco USA Facility, Docket No. 70-
 3103, Authorization to Introduce
 Uranium Hexafluoride into Cascade
 6.1, dated September 29, 2015.

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Louisiana Energy Services, LLC,       ML15299A090
 Urenco USA Facility, Docket No. 70-
 3103, Authorization to Introduce
 Uranium Hexafluoride into Cascade
 6.2, October 26, 2015.
Louisiana Energy Services, LLC,       ML16326A243
 Urenco USA Facility, Docket No. 70-
 3103, Authorization for Operations
 of the Solid Waste Collection
 Facility and Ventilated Room, dated
 November 21, 2016.
Louisiana Energy Services, LLC,       ML17321A004
 Urenco USA Facility, Docket No. 70-
 3103, Authorization to Introduce
 Uranium Hexafluoride into Cascade
 6.3, dated November 17, 2017.
Louisiana Energy Services, LLC,       ML18193A307
 Urenco USA Facility, Docket No. 70-
 3103, Authorization to Introduce
 Uranium Hexafluoride into Cascade
 6.4, dated July 11, 2018.
Urenco USA--Authorization to          ML25120A139
 Introduce Uranium Hexafluoride into
 Cascade 6.5, dated May 13, 2025.
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    Dated: June 18, 2025.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Samantha Lav,
Chief, Fuel Facility Licensing Branch, Division of Fuel Management, 
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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