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M231212: Slides - K. Wendtland - Discussion of the Administration'S 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) UR-Energy Lost Creek

1) Anadarko Bear Creek

2) AUC Reno Creek

2) ExxonMobil Highland

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.

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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 2.5 Million Pounds Corp. 3) Ludeman 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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