[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 142 (Monday, July 27, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46975-46977]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-15076]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 11005620; NRC-2026-3664]
EnergySolutions Services Inc.; Application To Amend and Renew;
Current Export License
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: 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 approval of an export application dated May 14, 2026,
submitted by EnergySolutions Services Inc. (ESSI) to amend and renew an
existing license authorizing the export of radioactive waste to Canada.
The NRC is providing notice of the opportunity to comment, request a
hearing, and petition to intervene on
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ESSI's application. This action will renew the existing export license
for an additional 10 years and amend the existing export license to:
update the licensee's address to 151 Lafayette Drive, Oak Ridge, TN
37830; add EnergySolutions Services, Inc., Bear Creek Operations in Oak
Ridge, TN, as a supplier to the Other U.S. Parties to Export list;
revise the name and address of EnergySolutions Canada, Inc. to
EnergySolutions Canada Corporation; extend the license expiration date
to December 31, 2036; and revise the list of materials.
DATES: Submit comments by August 26, 2026. Comments received after this
date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the Commission
is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before
this date. A request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene
must be filed by August 26, 2026.
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-2026-3664. Address
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Bridget Curran;
telephone: 301-415-1003; email: [email protected]. For technical
questions, contact the individual(s) 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.
Hand deliver comments to: 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland 20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. eastern time (ET)
Federal workdays; telephone: 301-415-1677.
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: Madelyn Nagel, telephone: 301-415-
0371; email: [email protected], and Joanne Savoy, telephone 301-
287-9092; email: [email protected]. Both are staff of the Office of
International Programs at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2026-3664 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain
publicly available information related to this action by any of the
following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2026-3664.
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 ADAMS Public 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].
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.
B. Submitting Comments
The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the
Federal rulemaking website (https://www.regulations.gov). Please
include Docket ID NRC-2026-3664 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
ESSI was issued XW010/04 on April 14, 2021, which expires on
December 31, 2026, and authorizes the export of radioactive waste
consisting of various materials contaminated with source, special
nuclear, or byproduct material that were originally imported from
Canada under an NRC general license for recycling and beneficial reuse.
Any materials that cannot be recycled, do not meet specifications, have
been volume-reduced, or result as waste from processing the imported
materials will be sent back to the original Canadian generator for
final disposition. ESSI submitted XW010/05 on May 14, 2026, requesting
to amend and renew the existing export license authorizing the export
of Canadian-origin radioactive waste from ESSI processing facilities in
the State of Tennessee to Canada.
III. Opportunity To Comment
The NRC is providing notice of the receipt of the application and
is providing the opportunity to submit written comments concerning the
actions in this notice. Within 30 days from the date of publication of
this notice, persons may submit written comments, as provided in
section 110.81 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR).
The NRC will consider and, if appropriate, respond to these comments,
but such comments will not otherwise constitute part of the decisional
record. Comments should be submitted as described in the Addresses
section of this notice.
IV. Opportunity To Request a Hearing and Petition for Leave To
Intervene
Within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice any
person may file a request for a hearing or petition for leave to
intervene with respect to the actions in this notice. 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 may be found in the
``Guidance for Electronic Submissions to the NRC'' (ADAMS Accession No.
ML13031A056)
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and on the NRC's public website (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 proceeding if the
Secretary has not already established an electronic docket.
The information concerning this application for an export license
follows.
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\1\ Uranium 235-gram equivalent by weight of 350 grams (ESSI
will not import enrichment level that exceed 20% by weight U-235)
NRC Export License Application
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Application Information
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Name of Applicant......................... EnergySolutions Services,
Inc.
Date of Application....................... May 14, 2026.
Date Received............................. May 27, 2026.
Application No............................ XW010/05.
Docket No................................. 11005620.
ADAMS Accession No........................ ML26147A166.
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Description of Material
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Material Type............................. Mixed waste consisting of
mixed hazardous and
radioactive waste
constituents, contaminated
recyclable resource
material/waste such as lead
bricks or sheet as
necessary.
Total Quantity............................ Authorization to export a
total maximum quantity of
380.064 TBq, based on the
maximum activity authorized
for possession at Energy
Solutions Canada
Corporation as follows: H-
3: 185 TBq (updated), C-14:
18.5 Tbq (updated), Ra-226:
0.74 TBq, Th-232: 0.74 TBq,
Po-210: 0.37 TBq, Uranium
(natural or depleted): 7.4
TBq, Uranium (not U-233, U-
235 or U-238): 0.074 TBq
(updated), Atomic number 3
to 83: 111 TBq (updated),
Atomic number 84 to 91
(total): 0.185 (updated),
Transuranics (TRU): 0.185
TBq (updated), Am-241: 0.37
TBq (updated), Fe-55: 55.5
TBq (updated), and Special
Nuclear Material (SNM),
235U equivalent: 350
grams.\1\
End Use................................... Storage and disposal in
Canada.
Country of Destination.................... Canada.
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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.
Dated: July 23, 2026.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David Skeen,
Director, Office of International Programs.
[FR Doc. 2026-15076 Filed 7-24-26; 8:45 am]
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