ML25344A122
| ML25344A122 | |
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| Site: | 07003103, 07100940 |
| Issue date: | 11/25/2025 |
| From: | Melendez-Colon D Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch |
| To: | Pfabe J Louisiana Energy Services |
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From:
Daneira Meléndez-Colón To:
Pfabe, John Cc:
ext_Barry_Love
Subject:
Request for Additional Information - UUSA Exemption Request to 10 CFR 71.17 Date:
Tuesday, November 25, 2025 3:13:09 PM Attachments:
Enclosure RAI Letter - PROPRIETARY Psswd Protected.pdf
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR REVIEW OF THE LOUISIANA ENERGY SERVICES, LLC, ALSO DOING BUSINESS AS URENCO USA, EXEMPTION REQUEST TO 10 CFR 71.17
Dear Paul Lorskulsint:
By letter dated October 6, 2025 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System [ADAMS] Accession No. ML25281A317), Louisiana Energy Services, LLC, also doing business as (dba) Urenco USA (UUSA), requested the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) an exemption to 10 CFR 71.17 for the domestic transportation of uranium hexafluoride (UF6), enriched to greater than 5, but less than 10 weight percent (wt.%) uranium-235 utilizing 30B cylinders within certified DN30 transportation packages.
In connection with our review, we need the information identified in the enclosed request for additional information (RAI). To assist us in scheduling the NRC staff review of your response, we request that you provide this information 30 calendar days from the date of the transmittal of this letter. Please inform us at your earliest convenience, but no later than 2 weeks before the response date (i.e., December 26, 2025), if you are not able to provide the information by that time frame. The enclosed RAI is password protected. A separate email will be sent including the password to access the document.
We understand that UUSA has a need date of early June 2026. Based on our preliminary evaluation and projection of current review schedules, we anticipate completing our review by April 2026. Please note that this date could change depending on the findings of our technical review, urgent assignments, or other factors, such as whether your responses to the RAIs are or not adequate. The NRC staff estimates that completing the review of your submittal will require approximately 250 staff hours. We will promptly communicate significant schedule and/or cost changes, if any.
The NRC staff is available to clarify these questions, and, if necessary, to meet and discuss your proposed responses.
OFFICIAL USE ONLYPROPRIETARY INFORMATION OFFICIAL USE ONLYPROPRIETARY INFORMATION The enclosure transmitted herewith contains proprietary information.
When separated from the enclosure, this document is decontrolled.
Please note that this email will be placed in ADAMS (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System) as publicly available to document this communication.
In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 2.390, Public inspections, exemptions, requests for withholding, a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) or from the Publicly Available Records component of the NRCs ADAMS. ADAMS is accessible from the NRC website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. The PDR is open by appointment. To make an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
If you have any questions regarding this communication, please contact me at (301) 415-7295, or via e-mail to Daneira.Melendez-Colon@nrc.gov.
Sincerely, Daneira Meléndez Colón Project Manager Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
Enclosure:
Request for Additional Information
- Correction: The letter referenced in the first paragraph is dated October 8, 2025, not October 6, 2025.
OFFICIAL USE ONLYPROPRIETARY INFORMATION OFFICIAL USE ONLYPROPRIETARY INFORMATION