Application for a License To Export High-Enriched Uranium, 15743-15744 [2010-7023]

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The agenda topics for the meeting will include: • Federal Advisory Committee Act Briefing. SUMMARY: Dated: March 24, 2010. P. Diane Rausch, Advisory Committee Management Officer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration. [FR Doc. 2010–7126 Filed 3–29–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7510–13–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Application for a License To Export High-Enriched Uranium Pursuant to 10 CFR 110.70(c) ‘‘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 are available electronically through ADAMS and can be accessed through the Public Electronic Reading Room (PERR) link https://www.nrc.gov/NRC/ADAMS/ index.html at the NRC Homepage. 15743 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. A request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene may be filed with the NRC electronically in accordance with NRC’s E-Filing rule promulgated in August 2007, 72 FR 49139 (Aug. 28, 2007). Information about filing electronically is available on the NRC’s public Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/ site-help/e-submittals.html. To ensure timely electronic filing, at least five days prior to the filing deadline, the petitioner/requestor should contact the Office of the Secretary by e-mail at HEARINGDOCKET@NRC.GOV, or by calling (301) 415–1677, to request a digital ID certificate and allow for the creation of an electronic docket. In addition to a request for hearing or petition for leave to intervene, written comments, in accordance with 10 CFR 110.81, should be submitted within thirty (30) days after publication of this notice in the Federal Register to Office of the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, Attention: Rulemaking and Adjudications. The information concerning this application follows. NRC EXPORT LICENSE APPLICATION Name of applicant Date of application Date received Application No. Docket No. jlentini on DSKJ8SOYB1PROD with NOTICES DOE/NNSA–Y–12 National Security Complex, March 3, 2010. March 9, 2010 XSNM3633 11005854 VerDate Nov<24>2008 16:22 Mar 29, 2010 Description of material Material type High-Enriched Uranium (93.35%). Jkt 220001 PO 00000 Frm 00076 Total quantity 160.0 kilograms uranium (149.36 kilograms U–235). Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 End use To fabricate fuel elements in France for use as fuel in the Institut Laue—Langevin (ILL) High Flux Reactor (HFR) in France. E:\FR\FM\30MRN1.SGM 30MRN1 Recipient country France. 15744 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 60 / Tuesday, March 30, 2010 / Notices For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Dated this 24th day of March 2010 at Rockville, Maryland. Scott W. Moore, Deputy Director, Office of International Programs. [FR Doc. 2010–7023 Filed 3–29–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 50–285; NRC–2010–0087] Omaha Public Power District; Fort Calhoun Station, Unit 1; Exemption 1.0 Background Omaha Public Power District (OPPD, the licensee) is the holder of Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR–40 which authorizes operation of the Fort Calhoun Station, Unit 1 (FCS). The license provides, among other things, that the facility is subject to all rules, regulations, and orders of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, the Commission) now or hereafter in effect. The facility consists of one pressurized-water reactor located in Washington County, Nebraska. jlentini on DSKJ8SOYB1PROD with NOTICES 2.0 Request/Action Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 73, ‘‘Physical protection of plants and materials,’’ Section 73.55, ‘‘Requirements for physical protection of licensed activities in nuclear power reactors against radiological sabotage,’’ published in the Federal Register on March 27, 2009, effective May 26, 2009, with a full implementation date of March 31, 2010, requires licensees to protect, with high assurance, against radiological sabotage by designing and implementing comprehensive site security programs. The amendments to 10 CFR 73.55 published on March 27, 2009, establish and update generically applicable security requirements similar to those previously imposed by Commission orders issued after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and implemented by licensees. In addition, the amendments to 10 CFR 73.55 include additional requirements to further enhance site security based upon insights gained from implementation of the post-September 11, 2001, security orders. It is from three of these new requirements that OPPD now seeks an exemption from the March 31, 2010, implementation date. All other physical security requirements established by this recent rulemaking have already VerDate Nov<24>2008 16:22 Mar 29, 2010 Jkt 220001 been or will be implemented by the licensee by March 31, 2010. By letter dated December 31, 2009, as supplemented by letter dated January 21, 2010, the licensee requested an exemption in accordance with 10 CFR 73.5, ‘‘Specific exemptions.’’ Portions of the licensee’s letters dated December 31, 2009, and January 21, 2010, contain security-related information and, accordingly, those portions are being withheld from public disclosure. The licensee has requested an exemption from the March 31, 2010, compliance date stating that it must complete a number of significant modifications to the current site security configuration before all requirements can be met. Specifically, the request is for three requirements that would be met by October 5, 2011, instead of the March 31, 2010, deadline. Granting this exemption for the three items would allow the licensee to complete the necessary security system upgrades to meet or exceed regulatory requirements. 3.0 Discussion of Part 73 Schedule Exemptions From the March 31, 2010, Full Implementation Date Pursuant to 10 CFR 73.55(a)(1), ‘‘By March 31, 2010, each nuclear power reactor licensee, licensed under 10 CFR Part 50, shall implement the requirements of this section through its Commission-approved Physical Security Plan, Training and Qualification Plan, Safeguards Contingency Plan, and Cyber Security Plan referred to collectively hereafter as ‘security plans.’’’ Pursuant to 10 CFR 73.5, the Commission may, upon application by any interested person or upon its own initiative, grant exemptions from the requirements of 10 CFR Part 73 when the exemptions are authorized by law, and will not endanger life or property or the common defense and security, and are otherwise in the public interest. NRC approval of this exemption, as noted above, would allow an extension from March 31, 2010, until October 5, 2011, of the implementation date for three specific requirements of the new rule. As stated above, 10 CFR 73.5 allows the NRC to grant exemptions from the requirements of 10 CFR 73. The NRC staff has determined that granting of the licensee’s proposed exemption would not result in a violation of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, or the Commission’s regulations. Therefore, the exemption is authorized by law. In the draft final rule sent to the Commission, the NRC staff proposed that the requirements of the new regulation be met within 180 days. The Commission directed a change from 180 PO 00000 Frm 00077 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 days to approximately 1 year for licensees to fully implement the new requirements. This change was incorporated into the final rule. From this, it is clear that the Commission wanted to provide a reasonable timeframe for licensees to reach full compliance. As noted in the final rule, the Commission also anticipated that licensees would have to conduct sitespecific analyses to determine what changes were necessary to implement the rule’s requirements, and that changes could be accomplished through a variety of licensing mechanisms, including exemptions. Since issuance of the final rule, the Commission has rejected a request to generically extend the rule’s compliance date for all operating nuclear power plants, but noted that the Commission’s regulations provide mechanisms for individual licensees, with good cause, to apply for relief from the compliance date as documented in the letter from R. W. Borchardt (NRC) to M. S. Fertel (Nuclear Energy Institute) dated June 4, 2009. The licensee’s request for an exemption is therefore consistent with the approach set forth by the Commission and discussed in the June 4, 2009, letter. FCS Schedule Exemption Request The licensee provided detailed information in the Attachments to its letters dated December 31, 2009, and January 21, 2010, requesting an exemption. The licensee is requesting additional time to implement certain new requirements due to the amount of engineering and design, material procurement, and construction and installation activities. The licensee describes a comprehensive plan to upgrade the security capabilities of the FCS site and provides a timeline for achieving full compliance with the new regulation. The Attachments to the licensee’s letters contain securityrelated information regarding the site security plan, details of specific requirements of the regulation for which the site cannot be in compliance by the March 31, 2010, deadline, and a timeline with critical path activities that would enable the licensee to achieve full compliance by October 5, 2011. The timeline provides milestone dates for engineering, planning and procurement, implementation, startup and testing, engineering closeout, and project closeout. A redacted version of the licensee’s letter dated December 31, 2009, is publicly available in Agencywide Documents Management and Access System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML100050032. E:\FR\FM\30MRN1.SGM 30MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 30, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15743-15744]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-7023]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION


 Application for a License To Export High-Enriched Uranium

    Pursuant to 10 CFR 110.70(c) ``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 are available electronically through ADAMS and 
can be accessed through the Public Electronic Reading Room (PERR) link 
https://www.nrc.gov/NRC/ADAMS/ 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.
    A request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene may be 
filed with the NRC electronically in accordance with NRC's E-Filing 
rule promulgated in August 2007, 72 FR 49139 (Aug. 28, 2007). 
Information about filing electronically is available on the NRC's 
public Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html. To 
ensure timely electronic filing, at least five days prior to the filing 
deadline, the petitioner/requestor should contact the Office of the 
Secretary by e-mail at HEARINGDOCKET@NRC.GOV, or by calling (301) 415-
1677, to request a digital ID certificate and allow for the creation of 
an electronic docket.
    In addition to a request for hearing or petition for leave to 
intervene, written comments, in accordance with 10 CFR 110.81, should 
be submitted within thirty (30) days after publication of this notice 
in the Federal Register to Office of the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, Attention: Rulemaking and 
Adjudications.
    The information concerning this application follows.

                                         NRC Export License Application
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                                                              Description of material
    Name of applicant Date of    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   application  Date received                                                                       Recipient
   Application No. Docket No.        Material type        Total quantity          End use            country
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DOE/NNSA-Y-12 National Security   High-Enriched        160.0 kilograms      To fabricate fuel   France.
 Complex, March 3, 2010.           Uranium (93.35%).    uranium (149.36      elements in
March 9, 2010...................                        kilograms U-235).    France for use as
XSNM3633........................                                             fuel in the
11005854........................                                             Institut Laue--
                                                                             Langevin (ILL)
                                                                             High Flux Reactor
                                                                             (HFR) in France.
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    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

    Dated this 24th day of March 2010 at Rockville, Maryland.
Scott W. Moore,
Deputy Director, Office of International Programs.
[FR Doc. 2010-7023 Filed 3-29-10; 8:45 am]
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