ML22145A485
| ML22145A485 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | 11006444 |
| Issue date: | 05/27/2022 |
| From: | David Skeen NRC/OIP |
| To: | |
| Miller B | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML22145A457 | List: |
| References | |
| NRC-2022-0118 | |
| Download: ML22145A485 (5) | |
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 11006444; NRC-2022-0118]
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Export license application; opportunity to provide comments, r equest a
hearing, or petition for leave to intervene.
SUMMARY
- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received an appli cation
for an export license (XSNM3828) requested by ALARA Logistics, LLC. On April 5,
2022, ALARA Logistics, LLC filed an application with the NRC se eking approval for a
license to export high enriched uranium to Belgium.
DATES: Submit comments by July 5, 2022. A request for a hearing or a petition for
leave to intervene must be filed by July 5, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods; howev er,
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-2022-0118. Address questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov
to Stacy Schumann; telephone: 301-415-0624; e-mail: Stacy.Schum ann@nrc.gov. For
technical questions contact the individual listed in the For F urther Information Contact
section of this document.
- Email comments to: Hearing.Docket@nrc.gov. If you do not receive an
automatic email reply confirming receipt, then contact us at 30 1-415-1677.
- 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 submittin g comments, see
Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments in the SUPPLEME NTARY
INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barry Miller, Office of International
Programs, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20 555-0001;
telephone: 301-287-9075, e-mail: Barry.Miller@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to NRC-2022-0118 or Docket No. 11006444 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 m ethods:
- Federal Rulemaking website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC-2022-0118.
- NRCs Public website: Go to https://www.nrc.gov and search for
XSNM3828, Docket No. 11006444, or Docket ID NRC-2022-0118.
- NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the ADAM S Public
Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.ht ml. To begin the
search, select Begin Web-based ADAMS Search. For problems wit h ADAMS, please
contact the NRCs Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209,
2 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. The export license application
from ALARA Logistics, LLC is av ailable in ADAMS under Accession No. ML22108A017.
- NRCs PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents, by
appointment, at the NRCs PDR, Room P1 B35, One White Flint Nor th, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To make an appointment to visi t the PDR, please send
an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov or call 1-800-397-4209 or
301-415-4737, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (ET), Monday thro ugh 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-2022-0118 or
Docket No. 11006444 in your comment submission.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact info rmation 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 e nter 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 person s 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 dis closed in their comment
submission. Your request should state that the NRC does not rou tinely edit comment
submissions to remove such information before making the commen t submissions
available to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.
3 II. Discussion
On April 15, 2022, the NRC received an application from ALARA L ogistics, LLC
requesting a specific license (XSNM3828) to export high enriche d uranium, in the form
of fuel assemblies, to Belgium for use in the countrys BR2 res earch reactor.
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 commen ts 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 no tice in the Federal Register.
A hearing request or petition for leave to intervene must inclu de the information specified
in 10 CFR 110.82(b). Any request for hearing or petition for le ave to intervene shall be
served by the requestor or petitioner in accordance with 10 CFR 110.89(a). As provided
in 10 CFR 110.89(a), a request for hearing or petition for leav e to intervene may be filed
by delivery, by mail, or by filing with the NRC electronically in accordance with the NRCs
E-Filing rule (72 FR 49139; August 28, 2007, as amended at 77 F R 46562;
August 3, 2012). Detailed guidance on making electronic submiss ions may be found in
the Guidance for Electronic Submissions to the NRC and on the N RC website at
https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html.
To comply with the procedural requirements of E-Filing, at leas t 10 days prior to
the filing deadline, the participant should contact the Office of the Secretary by email at
Hearing.Docket@nrc.gov, 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 Sec retary that the participant
will be submitting a petition or other adjudicatory document (e ven in instances in which
the participant, or its counsel or representative, already hold s an NRC-issued digital ID
4 certificate). Based upon this information, the Secretary will e stablish an electronic docket
for the hearing in this proceeding if the Secretary has not alr eady established an
electronic docket.
The information concerning this application for an export licen se follows.
NRC EXPORT LICENSE APPLICATION Application Information Name of Applicant ALARA Logistics, LLC Date of Application April 5, 2022 Date Received April 15, 2022 Application No. XSNM3828 Docket No. 11006444 ADAMS Accession No. ML22108A017 Description of Material Material Type High enriched uranium in the form of driver fuel assemblies Total Quantity Up to 105.4 kilograms of uranium-235 contained in a maximum of 113.2 kilograms of uranium enriched to a maximum of 93.20 weight percent.
End Use Reload fuel for the BR2 research reactor Country of Destination Belgium
Dated: May 27, 2022.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
/RA/
David L. Skeen, Deputy Director, Office of International Programs.
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