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M231212: Slides - K. Wendtland - Discussion of the Administrations Short- and Long-Term Domestic Uranium Fuel Strategy

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission Short-and Long -Term Domestic Uranium Fuel Strategy and NRCs Readiness to Support Licensing Oversight

Uranium Recovery Program Operations and License Applications in Wyoming

NRC Commission

December 12, 2023

Kyle Wendtland Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality Land Quality Division Administrator

1 Conventional Mill/Tailings In-situ Recovery

1) Anadarko Bear Creek 1) UR-Energy Lost Creek

2) ExxonMobil Highland 2) AUC Reno Creek

3) Cameco Smith Ranch/Highland

3) Orano LuckyMc

4) UEC Uranium Corp. Willow Creek

4) Umetco Gas Hills 5) Strata Ross

5) Pathfinder Shirley Basin North 6) Energy Fuels Nichols Ranch

6) Kennecott Sweetwater 7) UEC Wyoming Corp. Moore Ranch

8) Pathfinder Shirley Basin ISR

2 Title II Site Summaries

Company Facility Site Status Anadarko Petroleum Bear Creek Decommissioning - Near License Termination Corporation ExxonMobil Corporation Highland Decommissioning

Areva NC, Inc. Lucky Mc Mill Decommissioning Umetco Minerals Gas Hills East Decommissioning Corporation Pathfinder Mines Shirley Basin North Accepting 11e.(2) waste Corporation Kennecott Uranium Sweetwater Mill Standby - company keeps all equipment Company functional (4.1 Million Pounds of Yellowcake Annual Production Limit )

• Western Nuclear Inc. Split Rock Decommissioning Complete Site Transferred to Department of Energy for Long Term Care and Maintenance

3 ISR Licensed Annual Capacity

Company Facility Site Status Licensed Annual Production Capacity

Cameco 1) Smith Ranch-Highland GW Restoration / Standby Resources

2) North Butte GW Restoration / Standby Total capacity all sites 5.5 Million Pounds

3) Gas Hills GW Restoration / Standby

4) Ruth Not Yet Constructed

5) Reynolds Ranch Not Yet Constructed

Energy Fuels Nichols Ranch GW Restoration / Standby 2.0 Million Pounds

Strata Energy Ross Facility Producing 3.0 Million Pounds Inc.

UEC Wyoming 1) Moore Ranch Not Yet Constructed 3.0 Million Pounds Corp.

4 ISR Licensed Annual Capacity (Continued)

Company Facility Site Status Licensed Annual Production Capacity

(continued) 2) Willow Creek GW Restoration / Standby

• Christensen Ranch /Irigary UEC Uranium 3) Ludeman 2.5 Million Pounds Corp. Not Yet Constructed

Lost Creek ISR, Lost Creek Producing 2.2 Million Pounds LLC

AUC LLC Reno Creek Not Yet Constructed 2.0 Million Pounds

Pathfinder Shirley Basin ISR Not Yet Constructed 2.0 Million Pounds Mines Corporation

5 Wyoming Licensed Production Capacity

Facility Type Licensed Annual Production Capacity

Title II Sites (conventional / surface) (Sweetwater) 4.1 Million Pounds

Producing (ISR) (Ross, Lost Creek) 5.2 Million Pounds

Standby (ISR) (Smith Ranch-Highland, North Butte, Gas Hills, Nichols Ranch, Willow 10 Million Pounds Creek)

Not Yet Constructed (ISR) (Ruth, Reynolds Ranch, Moore Ranch, Ludeman, Reno 7 Million Pounds Creek, Shirley Basin)

All Licensed Capacity (ISR) 22.2 Million Pounds

All (Title II plus ISR) 26.3 Million Pounds

6 Challenges to Production Increases

Federal Regulatory Actions and Approvals (e.g. timely EPA aquifer exemption approvals)

Streamline and add certainty to the permitting process (e.g. clarification of EPAs role)

Streamline and add certainty the NEPA process

Supply chain and labor challenges

Technical challenges (expected and unexpected)

Encourage exploration and new production

Endangered species

Litigation

7 Questions?

deq.wyoming.gov/land-quality/uranium/

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