Application for a License To Export High-Enriched Uranium, 63042-63043 [E6-18021]
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Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 208 / Friday, October 27, 2006 / Notices
A copy of the request for hearing and
petition for leave to intervene should
also be sent to the Office of the General
Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001, and it is requested that copies be
transmitted either by means of facsimile
transmission to 301–415–3725 or by email to OGCMailCenter@nrc.gov. A copy
of the request for hearing and petition
for leave to intervene should also be
sent to Richard F. Locke, Esq., Pacific
Gas and Electric Company, P.O. Box
7442, San Francisco, California 94120,
attorney for the licensee.
For further details with respect to this
action, see the application for
amendment dated October 18, 2006,
which is available for public inspection
at the Commission’s Public Document
Room (PDR), located at One White Flint
North, Public File Area O1 F21, 11555
Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville,
Maryland. Publicly available records
will be accessible electronically from
the Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System’s (ADAMS) Public
Electronic Reading Room on the Internet
at the NRC Web site https://www.nrc.gov/
reading-rm.html. Persons who do not
have access to ADAMS or who
encounter problems in accessing the
documents located in ADAMS should
contact the NRC PDR Reference staff by
telephone at 1–800–397–4209, or 301–
415–4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day
of October 2006.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Alan Wang,
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch IV,
Division of Operating Reactor Licensing,
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. E6–18022 Filed 10–26–06; 8:45 am]
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Application for a License To Export
High-Enriched Uranium
Pursuant to 10 CFR 110.70(b)(2)
‘‘Public Notice of Receipt of an
Application,’’ please take notice that the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission has
received the following request for an
export license. Copies of the request can
be accessed through the Public
Electronic Reading Room (PERR) link
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html at the NRC Homepage.
A request for a hearing or petition for
leave to intervene may be filed within
30 days after publication of this notice
in the Federal Register. Any request for
hearing or petition for leave to intervene
shall be served by the requestor or
petitioner upon the applicant, the Office
of the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555; the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555; and the Executive Secretary,
U.S. Department of State, Washington,
DC 20520.
In its review of the application for a
license to export special nuclear
material as defined in 10 CFR Part 110
and noticed herein, the Commission
does not evaluate the health, safety or
environmental effects in the recipient
nation of the material to be exported.
The information concerning the
application follows.
NRC EXPORT LICENSE APPLICATION FOR HIGH-ENRICHED URANIUM
Name of Applicant
Date of Application
Description of material
End use
Date Received
Application Number
Docket Number
Material type
DOE/NNSA–Y12 National Security Complex
October 5, 2006
High-Enriched Uranium
(93.35%)
Total quantity
Up to 15.5 kg Uranium
(14.46925 kg U–235)
To fabricate targets for irradiation in the National Research Universal (NRU)
Reactor to produce medical radioisotopes.
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Dated this 17th day of October 2006 at
Rockville, Maryland.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Margaret M. Doane,
Deputy Director, Office of International
Programs.
[FR Doc. E6–18021 Filed 10–26–06; 8:45 am]
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[EA–06–248]
In the Matter of Holders of Material
Licenses Authorized To Use Sealed
Sources in Panoramic and Underwater
Irradiators and Possess Greater Than
370 Terabecquerels (10,000 Curies);
Order Imposing Fingerprinting and
Criminal History Records Check
Requirements for Unescorted Access
to Certain Radioactive Material and
Modification of the Compensatory
Measures (Effective Immediately)
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The Licensees identified in
Attachment 1 1 to this Order hold
licenses issued in accordance with the
Atomic Energy Act (AEA) of 1954, as
amended, by the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC or
Commission) or Agreement States,
authorizing possession of greater than
370 Terabecquerels (10,000 curies) of
byproduct material, in the form of
sealed sources, either in panoramic
irradiators that have dry or wet storage
of the sealed sources, or in underwater
irradiators in which both the source and
the product being irradiated are
underwater. On August 8, 2005, the
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct) was
enacted. Section 652 of the EPAct
amended Section 149 of the AEA to
require fingerprinting and a Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
identification and criminal history
records check of any person who is
permitted unescorted access to
radioactive materials subject to
regulation by the Commission, and
which the Commission determines to be
of such significance to the public health
and safety or the common defense and
security as to warrant fingerprinting and
background checks. NRC has decided to
implement this requirement, in part,
prior to the completion of the
rulemaking to implement the provisions
under the EPAct, which is underway,
because a deliberate malevolent act by
an individual with unescorted access to
these radioactive materials has a
potential to result in significant adverse
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and will not be released to the public.
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impacts to the public health and safety
or the common defense and security.
Those exempted, from fingerprinting
requirements under 10 CFR 73.59 (71
FR 33,989 (June 13, 2006)) for access to
Safeguards Information 2 (SGI) are also
exempt from the fingerprinting
requirements under this Order. In
addition, individuals who have a
favorably-decided U.S. Government
criminal history record check within the
last five (5) years, or individuals who
have an active federal security clearance
(provided in each case that they make
available the appropriate
documentation), have satisfied the
EPAct fingerprinting requirement and
need not be fingerprinted again.
Individuals who have been
fingerprinted and granted access to SGI
by the reviewing official under Order
EA–06–155 do not need to be
fingerprinted again.
II
Subsequent to the terrorist events of
September 11, 2001, the NRC issued a
security Order requiring certain large
panoramic and underwater irradiator
licensees to implement Compensatory
Measures (CMs) for radioactive
materials. The requirements imposed by
that Order (Irradiator Order), and
measures licensees have developed to
comply with that Order, were
designated by the NRC as SGI and were
not released to the public. One specific
CM imposed by the Irradiator Order
required licensees to conduct local
criminal history checks to determine the
trustworthiness and reliability of
individuals needing unescorted access
to the panoramic or underwater
irradiator sealed sources. ‘‘Access,’’
means that an individual could exercise
some physical control over the material
or device. At that time, the NRC did not
have the authority, except in the case of
power reactor licensees, to require
licensees to submit fingerprints for FBI
criminal history records checks of
individuals being considered for
unescorted access to radioactive
materials subject to NRC regulations.
Therefore, in accordance with Section
149 of the AEA, as amended by the
EPAct, the Commission is imposing the
FBI criminal history records check
requirements, as set forth in this Order,
including Attachment 2 to this Order,
on all Licensees identified in
Attachment 1 to this Order, that possess
greater than 370 Terabecquerels (10,000
curies) of byproduct material in the
2 Safeguards Information is a form of sensitive,
unclassified, security-related information that the
Commission has the authority to designate and
protect under section 147 of the AEA.
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form of sealed sources. These
requirements will remain in effect until
the Commission determines otherwise.
In addition, pursuant to 10 CFR 2.202,
find that in light of the common defense
and security matters identified above,
which warrant the issuance of this
Order, the public health, safety, and
interest require that this Order be
effective immediately.
III
Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 81,
149, 161b, 161i, 161o, 182, and 186 of
the AEA of 1954, as amended, and the
Commission’s regulations in 10 CFR
2.202, 10 CFR Part 30, and 10 CFR Part
36, it is hereby ordered, effective
immediately, that all licensees
identified in attachment 1 to this order
shall comply with the requirements set
forth in this order.
A. All licensees identified in
Attachment 1 to this Order shall comply
with the following requirements:
1. The Licensee shall, within twenty
(20) days of the date of this Order,
establish and maintain a fingerprinting
program that meets the requirements of
Attachment 2 to this Order, for
unescorted access to the panoramic or
underwater irradiator sealed sources.
2. The Licensee shall, in writing,
within twenty (20) days of the date of
this Order, notify, the Commission (1)
receipt and confirmation that
compliance with the Order will be
achieved, or (2) if it is unable to comply
with any of the requirements described
in Attachment 2, or (3) if compliance
with any of the requirements is
unnecessary in its specific
circumstances. The notification shall
provide the Licensee’s justification for
seeking relief from, or variation of, any
specific requirement.
B. In accordance with the NRC’s
‘‘Order Imposing Fingerprinting and
Criminal History Check Requirements
for Access to Safeguards Information’’
(EA–06–155) issued on August 21, 2006,
only the NRC-approved reviewing
official shall review results from an FBI
criminal history records check. The
reviewing official shall determine
whether an individual may have, or
continue to have, unescorted access to
the panoramic or underwater irradiator
sealed sources that equal or exceed 370
Terabecquerels (10,000 curies).
Fingerprinting and the FBI
identification and criminal history
records check are not required for
individuals exempted from
fingerprinting requirements under 10
CFR 73.59 [71 FR 33,989 (June 13,
2006)] for access to SGI. In addition,
individuals who have a favorably
decided U.S. Government criminal
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Application for a License To Export High-Enriched Uranium
Pursuant to 10 CFR 110.70(b)(2) ``Public Notice of Receipt of an
Application,'' please take notice that the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission has received the following request for an export license.
Copies of the request can be accessed through the Public Electronic
Reading Room (PERR) link https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html at
the NRC Homepage.
A request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene may be
filed within 30 days after publication of this notice in the Federal
Register. Any request for hearing or petition for leave to intervene
shall be served by the requestor or petitioner upon the applicant, the
Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555; the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555; and the Executive Secretary, U.S.
Department of State, Washington, DC 20520.
In its review of the application for a license to export special
nuclear material as defined in 10 CFR Part 110 and noticed herein, the
Commission does not evaluate the health, safety or environmental
effects in the recipient nation of the material to be exported. The
information concerning the application follows.
NRC Export License Application for High-enriched Uranium
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Name of Applicant Date of Description of material
Application --------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------- End use Recipient country
Date Received Application Number Material type Total quantity
Docket Number
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DOE/NNSA-Y12 National Security High-Enriched Uranium (93.35%) Up to 15.5 kg Uranium (14.46925 kg To fabricate targets Canada.
Complex U-235) for irradiation in
October 5, 2006................... the National
Research Universal
(NRU) Reactor to
produce medical
radioisotopes.
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Dated this 17th day of October 2006 at Rockville, Maryland.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Margaret M. Doane,
Deputy Director, Office of International Programs.
[FR Doc. E6-18021 Filed 10-26-06; 8:45 am]
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