ML23012A033

XW027/02 - Letter Requesting Eb Views

ML23012A033
Person / Time
Site:	11006380
Issue date:	01/12/2023
From:	Andrea Jones NRC/OIP
To:	Warden J US Dept of State, Bureau of International Security & Nonproliferation, US Dept of State, Office of Nuclear Energy Safety & Security Affairs
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January 12, 2023 James R. Warden, Director Office of Nuclear Energy, Safety & Security Affairs, Room 3320 HST Bureau of International Security

& Nonproliferation U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20520

Dear Dir. Warden:

Enclosed is an application (XW027) dated October 12, 2022, received by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission from Perma-Fix Northwest Richland, Inc., requesting Amendment No. 02 to license XW027/01 for the export of radioactive waste containing carbon-14, hydrogen-3, cesium-137, cobalt-60, nickle-63, radium-226 and strontium-90 in the form of residual ash and residual metal or non-combustible material, to be stored and disposed of, in Braunschweig, Germany.

The purpose of the amendment is to: 1) increase the quantity of radioactive waste to be exported from 60,000 kilograms (kg) to 800,000 kg.; 2) increase the activity of all shipments from 0.05 terabecquerels (TBq) to 8.5 TBq.; and 3) change the radioactive waste description to remove Iron-55 and add Cesium-137. Residual waste will be returned to the generator of the material.

Before taking action on this application, we request your views, in accordance with established procedures and from the overall perspective of the Executive Branch, as to whether the requested application meet the applicable criteria in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.

If you have any questions please contact the Licensing Officer, Stephen Baker at Stephen.Baker@nrc.gov and/or Licensing Assistant, Amanda Black at Amanda.Black@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, X Andrea R. Jones A. Jones Signed by: NRC-PIV Andrea R. Jones, Acting Chief Export Controls and Nonproliferation Branch Office of International Programs