ML19289A594
| ML19289A594 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 10/30/2019 |
| From: | Patricia Holahan Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards |
| To: | Pugsley C Thompson & Pugsley, PLLC |
| Mandeville D | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML19256C836 | List: |
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| Download: ML19289A594 (3) | |
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C. Pugsley UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 October 30, 2019 Mr. Christopher S. Pugsley, Esq.
Thompson and Pugsley, PLLC 1225 19th Street NW, Suite 300 Washington, D.C. 20036
SUBJECT:
RECEIPT OF WHITE PAPER ENTITLED RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE PROPER LEGAL AND POLICY INTERPRETATION FOR USING KINETIC SEPARATION PROCESSES AT URANIUM MINE SITES
Dear Mr. Pugsley:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has received your white paper dated September 13, 2019 (NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
[ADAMS] Accession Number ML19256C834) on behalf of Western Uranium and Vanadium Corporation (Western). The submittal contains recommendations on legal and policy issues related to the use of the kinetic separation process at uranium mine sites.
The NRC staff appreciates Westerns submittal and is currently evaluating the recommendations contained in the white paper. Given the legal, technical, and policy aspects of the kinetic separation process, the recommendations contained in the white paper warrant careful consideration. The NRC staff will provide Western with an update once a path forward has been determined.
In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 2.390 (CFR) of the NRCs Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure, a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of NRCs ADAMS. ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
C Pugsley 2 If you have any questions concerning the above, please contact Douglas Mandeville at (301) 415-0724 or via email at Douglas.Mandeville@nrc.gov.
Sincerely, Patricia K. Holahan, Director Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards cc: G. Glasier, Western Uranium and Vanadium Corp.
ML19289A594 *via Email OFFICE DUWP DUWP DUWP DUWP NAME DMandeville BVonTill SAchten BPham for PHolahan DATE 10/15/19 10/16/19 10/16/19 10/30/19