ML23027A122
| ML23027A122 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | 11006549 |
| Issue date: | 01/30/2023 |
| From: | Peter Habighorst NRC/OIP |
| To: | |
| References | |
| NRC-2023-0024 | |
| Download: ML23027A122 (6) | |
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[7590-01-P]
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 11006549; NRC-2023-0024]
Eastern Technologies, Inc.
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Export license application; opportunity to provide comments, request a
hearing, and petition for leave to intervene.
SUMMARY
- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received and is
considering issuing an export license (XW031), requested by Eas tern Technologies, Inc.
(ETI) by application dated November 28, 2022. The application seeks the NRCs
approval to return residual radioactive waste to the Barakah Nu clear Power Plant in the
United Arab Emirates (UAE) after treatment at an ETI facility i n Ashford, Alabama. The
NRC is providing notice of the opportunity to comment, request a hearing, and petition to
intervene on ETIs application.
DATES: Submit comments by March 6, 2023. A request for a hearing or petition for
leave to intervene must be filed by March 6, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods; howeve r,
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-2023-0024. Address questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov
to Stacy Schumann; telephone: 301-415-0624; email: Stacy.Schu mann@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: Andrea Jones, Office of International
Programs, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20 555-0001;
telephone: 404-997-4443, email: Andrea.Jones2@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to NRC-2023-0024 or Docket No. 11006549 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-2023-0024.
- NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the ADA MS 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 wi th ADAMS, please
contact the NRCs Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209,
2 301-415-4737, or by email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. The export license application is
available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML23005A300.
- NRCs PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents,
by appointment, at the NRC's PDR, Room P1 B35, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To make an appointm ent to visit the PDR,
please send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-
4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday throu gh 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-2023-0024 or
Docket No. 11006549 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 commen t 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 routinely edit comment
submissions to remove such information before making the commen t submissions
available to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.
II. Discussion
3 On November 28, 2022, ETI submitted an application to the NRC for a license to
export radioactive waste. ETI states that it has entered into commercial agreements
with the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant in the UAE to provide diss olvable protective
clothing and related products. Following their use, contaminat ed dissolvable protective
clothing and other related items will be transported to ETI for dissolving and
decontamination at the ETI facility located in Ashford, Alabama, which is licensed by the
state of Alabama. ETI seeks a specific license from the NRC to export residual
radioactive waste to the generator in UAE. Resultant contamina nts to be exported will
include cobalt-60 (Co-60), cobalt-58 (Co-58), and manganese-54 (Mn-54) in the form of
solid particulate metal oxides, not to exceed 0.0037 TBq. ETI requests an expiration
date of December 31, 2028.
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 peti tion for leave to intervene
shall be served by the requestor or petitioner in accordance wi th 10 CFR 110.89(a),
either by delivery, by mail, or filed with the NRC electronical ly in accordance with the
NRCs E-Filing rule (72 FR 49139; August 28, 2007, as amended a t 77 FR 46562;
August 3, 2012). Detailed guidance on electronic submissions i s located in the
Guidance for Electronic Submissions to the NRC (ADAMS Accessi on No.
ML13031A056) and on the NRCs public website at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-
submittals.html.
4 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
certificate). Based upon this information, the Secretary will establish an electronic
docket for the hearing in this proceeding if the Secretary has not already established an
electronic docket.
5 The information concerning this application for an export licen se is as follows.
NRC Export License Application Application Information Name of Applicant Eastern Technologies, Inc. (ETI)
Date of Application November 28, 2022 Date Received January 3, 2023 Application No. XW031 Docket No. 11006549 ADAMS Accession No. ML23005A300 Description of Material Material Type Low-level radioactive waste in the form of small, solid particulate metal oxides consisting of cobalt-60, cobalt-58, and manganese-54 resulting from the decontamination of dissolvable protective clothing and other related items.
Total Quantity Not to exceed 0.0037 TBq per shipment.
End Use Storage and ultimate disposal of low-level radioactive waste.
Country of Destination United Arab Emirates
Dated: January 30, 2023.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
/RA/
Peter J. Habighorst, Acting Deputy Director, Office of International Programs.
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