ML26009A097
| ML26009A097 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | 07109309 |
| Issue date: | 01/22/2026 |
| From: | Yoira Diaz-Sanabria Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch |
| To: | Lamb S Global Nuclear Fuel |
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| ML26009A096 | List: |
| References | |
| EPID L-2025-LLA-0067 | |
| Download: ML26009A097 (0) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 Shawn Lamb General Manager, Fuel and Digital Engineering Global Nuclear Fuel - Americas, LLC 3901 Castle Hayne Road P.O. Box 780 Wilmington, NC 28402
SUBJECT:
AUTHORIZATION FOR SHIPMENTS OF LEAD USE ASSEMBLY USING THE MODEL NO. RAJ II
Dear Shawn Lamb:
By application dated August 4, 2025 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML25216A053), Global Nuclear Fuel - Americas, LLC (GNF-A) requested a Letter Authorization for Model No. RAJ-II (RAJ-II) package, to allow the shipment of a new 11x11 Lead Use Assembly (LUA) fuel assembly using the Certificate of Compliance (CoC) No. 9309, Revision No. 14, to support an upcoming business operation. The CoC No.
9309 for the RAJ-II package is amended to authorize shipments as follows:
(1) Transporting a limited number of shipments of 11X11 LUA fuel assemblies.
(2) The LUA shipments will be restricted based on a Criticality Safety Index of 11.2.
(3) The fuel assemblies will contain only Uranium dioxide (UO2) and gadolinium, with an additional allowance for trace amounts of silicon.
(4) The fuel assemblies will contain commercial grade uranium enriched up through 5.0 weight percent (wt.%) of uranium-235 (U-235) and meet Type A fissile material contents.
(5) The fuel assemblies will be shipped unchanneled.
(6) All other conditions of CoC No. 9309 shall remain the same.
(7) This authorization shall expire on October 31, 2027.
January 22, 2026
S. Lamb 2
If you have any questions regarding this authorization, please contact Haimanot Yilma of my staff at (301) 415-5286.
Sincerely, Yoira Diaz-Sanabria, Chief Storage and Transportation Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket No. 71-9309 EPID No. L-2025-LLA-0067
Enclosure:
Safety Evaluation Report cc w/encl: L. Falat, DOT c/o R. Vierling J. Shenk, DOE c/o L.F. Gelder Nguyen, Chau signing on behalf of Diaz-Sanabria, Yoira on 01/22/26
S. Lamb 3
SUBJECT:
AUTHORIZATION FOR SHIPMENTS OF LEAD USE ASSEMBLY USING THE MODEL NO. RAJ II DATED: January 22, 2026 DISTRIBUTION:
EEve, RI LMcKown, RII DHills, RIII JJosey, RIV This closes EPID No. L-2025-LLA-0067.
ADAMS Accession Nos.: ML26009A096 (pkg), ML26009A097 (ltr), ML26009A098 (encl)
OFFICE NMSS/DFM NMSS/DFM NMSS/DFM NMSS/DFM NMSS/DFM NAME HYilma WWheatley JDrabble GZhao JSolis DATE 1/12/2026 1/15/2026 1/15/2026 1/20/2026 1/20/2026 OFFICE NMSS/DFM NMSS/DFM NMSS/DFM NMSS/DFM NMSS/DFM NAME DJohnson JPiotter LRegner HYilma JNguyen for YDiaz-Sanabria DATE 1/20/2026 1/20/2026 1/21/2026 1/22/2026 1/22/2026