83 FR 19120 - Sunshine Act Meeting Notice
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 84 (May 1, 2018)
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 84 (May 1, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-09330 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 1, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 19120-19121] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-09330] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC-2018-0001] Sunshine Act Meeting Notice DATES: Weeks of April 30, May 7, 14, 21, 28, June 4, 2018. PLACE: Commissioners' Conference Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. STATUS: Public and Closed. Week of April 30, 2018 There are no meetings scheduled for the week of April 30, 2018. Week of May 7, 2018--Tentative Thursday, May 10, 2018 10:00 a.m. Briefing on Security Issues (Closed Ex. 1). 2:00 p.m. Briefing on Security Issues (Closed Ex. 1). Week of May 14, 2018--Tentative There are no meetings scheduled for the week of May 14, 2018. [[Page 19121]] Week of May 21, 2018--Tentative There are no meetings scheduled for the week of May 21, 2018. Week of May 28, 2018--Tentative There are no meetings scheduled for the week of May 28, 2018. Week of June 4, 2018--Tentative Wednesday, June 6, 2018 2:00 p.m. Briefing on Human Capital and Equal Employment Opportunity (Public Meeting); (Contact: Tanya Parwani-Jaimes: 301-287-0730). * * * * * The schedule for Commission meetings is subject to change on short notice. For more information or to verify the status of meetings, contact Denise McGovern at 301-415-0681 or via email at [email protected]. * * * * * The NRC Commission Meeting Schedule can be found on the internet at: http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/public-meetings/schedule.html. * * * * * The NRC provides reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities where appropriate. If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in these public meetings, or need this meeting notice or the transcript or other information from the public meetings in another format (e.g., braille, large print), please notify Kimberly Meyer- Chambers, NRC Disability Program Manager, at 301-287-0739, by videophone at 240-428-3217, or by email at [email protected]. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. * * * * * Members of the public may request to receive this information electronically. If you would like to be added to the distribution, please contact the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of the Secretary, Washington, DC 20555 (301-415-1969), or you may email [email protected] or [email protected]. Dated: April 27, 2018. Denise L. McGovern, Policy Coordinator, Office of the Secretary. [FR Doc. 2018-09330 Filed 4-27-18; 4:15 pm] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P
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The NRC will post all comment whether to construct and operate a completing the proposed action, the
submissions at http:// commercial uranium enrichment plant, NRC will need to make the findings
www.regulations.gov as well as enter the commonly referred to as the American required by the Atomic Energy Act of
comment submissions into ADAMS. Centrifuge Plant. To govern any future 1954, as amended, and the NRC’s
The NRC does not routinely edit operation of the ACP, the NRC issued regulations. These findings will be
comment submissions to remove Material License No. SNM–2011 on documented in a safety evaluation
identifying or contact information. April 13, 2007 (ADAMS Accession No. report and an environmental
If you are requesting or aggregating ML070400284). To date, no significant assessment.
comments from other persons for construction activities have occurred at
submission to the NRC, then you should the ACP. These NRC licenses were III. Opportunity To Provide Comments
inform those persons not to include subsequently transferred from USEC, In accordance with section 20.1405 of
identifying or contact information that Inc. to Centrus. The LCF lies completely 10 CFR, the NRC is providing notice to
they do not want to be publicly within the ACP site, occupying about individuals in the vicinity of the site
disclosed in their comment submission. ten percent of the space reserved for the that the NRC is in receipt of a
Your request should state that the NRC ACP. The ACP site, in turn, lies decommissioning plan and will accept
does not routinely edit comment completely within DOE’s controlled comments from affected parties
submissions to remove such information access area, where an adjoining uranium concerning this decommissioning
before making the comment enrichment facility using a gaseous proposal. The NRC requests comments
submissions available to the public or diffusion process previously operated on the portions of the LCF’s
entering the comment into ADAMS. for several decades. Currently, DOE is decommissioning plan under review by
II. Background decommissioning this facility. the NRC, which are limited to: (1)
On March 2, 2016 (ADAMS Accession Decommissioning funding, (2) dose
By letter dated February 21, 2018 No. ML16074A405), Centrus notified assessment and derived concentration
(ADAMS Accession No. ML18030A442), the NRC, in accordance with paragraph guideline levels and methodology, and
the NRC accepted for detailed technical 70.38(d)(2) of title 10 of the Code of (3) final status survey design in
review Centrus’ application dated Federal Regulations (10 CFR), of its accordance with the Multi-Agency
January 5, 2018 (ADAMS Accession No. decision to permanently cease operation Radiation Survey and Site Investigation
ML18025B285), and a subsequent of the LCF and to terminate Material Manual.
clarification dated February 14, 2018 License No. SNM–7003 following
(ADAMS Accession No. ML18046A081), Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day
decontamination and decommissioning
to amend Material License No. SNM– of April 2018.
activities.
7003 to authorize decommissioning of On May 17, 2016, Centrus submitted For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
its LCF located in Piketon, Ohio. a license amendment request to the NRC Craig G. Erlanger,
In the early 1980s, the U.S. to downgrade licensed activities at the Director, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety,
Department of Energy (DOE) initiated its LCF to ‘‘limited operations’’ and to Safeguards, and Environmental Review,
construction of the Gas Centrifuge remove enrichment capability from the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and
Enrichment Plant (GCEP) at the license (ADAMS Package Accession No. Safeguards.
Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant site ML16162A194). The NRC approved the [FR Doc. 2018–09084 Filed 4–30–18; 8:45 am]
in Piketon, Ohio. After installing and amendment on December 23, 2016 BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
operating several hundred centrifuges, (ADAMS Accession No. ML16330A248).
the DOE terminated the GCEP project in Since notifying the NRC of its intent
1985. Approximately 15 years later, to decommission the LCF under the NUCLEAR REGULATORY
USEC, Inc. decided to use and expand authority of its existing Material License COMMISSION
the existing GCEP facilities for No. SNM–7003, Centrus removed the
deploying its own commercial process gas in the form of UF6 and [NRC–2018–0001]
centrifuge plant. In 2004, USEC, Inc. packaged all LCF classified equipment,
Sunshine Act Meeting Notice
signed a lease agreement with DOE to including all LCF centrifuges and
use certain GCEP facilities for testing piping, and shipped the packages offsite DATES: Weeks of April 30, May 7, 14, 21,
and eventual commercial production as for appropriate disposition. The NRC 28, June 4, 2018.
part of its overall gas centrifuge uranium has verified that all classified matter has
PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference
enrichment project. been shipped offsite for appropriate
The NRC issued Material License No. Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
disposition, and the NRC has
SNM–7003 for the LCF to USEC, Inc. on Maryland.
withdrawn Centrus’ authorization to
February 24, 2004 (ADAMS Accession possess classified information or STATUS: Public and Closed.
No. ML062630432). At that time, USEC, material/equipment at the LCF and ACP Week of April 30, 2018
Inc., under contract with DOE, in Piketon, Ohio. Except for the NRC’s
dismantled and packaged for transport confirmation of the results of Centrus’ There are no meetings scheduled for
for offsite disposition DOE’s final status survey, all physical the week of April 30, 2018.
contaminated and non-contaminated decommissioning activities for the LCF Week of May 7, 2018—Tentative
GCEP classified waste, comprising of have been completed.
centrifuges and equipment. After This present action requires the NRC Thursday, May 10, 2018
licensing by the NRC, USEC, Inc. began to evaluate and consider Centrus’ 10:00 a.m. Briefing on Security Issues
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to install its own centrifuges in a decommissioning plan for approval and (Closed Ex. 1).
portion of one of the two existing GCEP to consider the approval of a 2:00 p.m. Briefing on Security Issues
process buildings and began operating corresponding license amendment. This (Closed Ex. 1).
the LCF as a test facility in August of review will be limited in scope to those
2006. The LCF’s purpose was to obtain portions of the decommissioning plan Week of May 14, 2018—Tentative
‘‘reliability, performance, cost, and not previously completed under the There are no meetings scheduled for
other data’’ for use in the decision authority of the license. Before the week of May 14, 2018.
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Week of May 21, 2018—Tentative NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL website at www.nwtrb.gov
REVIEW BOARD approximately one week before the
There are no meetings scheduled for meeting.
the week of May 21, 2018. Board Meeting The meeting will be open to the
public, and opportunities for public
Week of May 28, 2018—Tentative June 13, 2018—The U.S. Nuclear Waste comment will be provided before the
Technical Review Board will meet in Idaho
There are no meetings scheduled for Falls, Idaho, to discuss technical issues that
lunch break and again at the end of the
the week of May 28, 2018. need to be addressed in preparing for the meeting. Those wanting to speak are
eventual transport of spent nuclear fuel and encouraged to sign the ‘‘Public
Week of June 4, 2018—Tentative high-level radioactive waste. Comment Register’’ at the check-in
Wednesday, June 6, 2018 table. Depending on the number of
Pursuant to its authority under
people who sign up to speak, it may be
section 5051 of Public Law 100–203,
2:00 p.m. Briefing on Human Capital necessary to set a time limit on
Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act
and Equal Employment individual remarks. However, written
(NWPAA) of 1987, the U.S. Nuclear
Opportunity (Public Meeting); comments of any length may be
Waste Technical Review Board will
(Contact: Tanya Parwani-Jaimes: submitted, and all comments received
hold a public meeting in Idaho Falls,
301–287–0730). in writing will be included in the record
Idaho, on Wednesday, June 13, 2018, to
of the meeting, which will be posted on
* * * * * review technical issues that need to be
the Board’s website after the meeting.
The schedule for Commission addressed before the Department of
The meeting will be webcast, and the
meetings is subject to change on short Energy (DOE) begins a nationwide effort
link to the webcast will be available on
to transport spent nuclear fuel (SNF) or
notice. For more information or to verify the Board’s website (www.nwtrb.gov) a
high-level radioactive waste (HLW).
the status of meetings, contact Denise few days before the meeting. An
Currently, commercial SNF is stored
McGovern at 301–415–0681 or via email archived version of the webcast will be
at nuclear power stations across the
at Denise.McGovern@nrc.gov. available on the Board’s website
country, and HLW and DOE SNF are
* * * * * following the meeting. The transcript of
stored at four federal facilities. The
the meeting will be available on the
The NRC Commission Meeting Nuclear Waste Policy Act, as amended,
Board’s website no later than August 14,
Schedule can be found on the internet calls for this waste to be moved
2018.
at: http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/ eventually to a permanent geologic
The Board was established in the
public-meetings/schedule.html. repository for disposal. Proposals for
Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act
temporary interim storage of some of the
* * * * * of 1987 as an independent federal
SNF also have been discussed. Before
agency in the Executive Branch to
The NRC provides reasonable the waste is moved from where it is now
evaluate the technical and scientific
accommodation to individuals with to another location, it will be necessary
validity of DOE activities related to the
disabilities where appropriate. If you for DOE to complete the development of
management and disposal of SNF and
need a reasonable accommodation to an integrated waste management
HLW and to provide objective expert
participate in these public meetings, or program to support transporting the
advice to Congress and the Secretary of
need this meeting notice or the waste. At its meeting, the Board will
Energy on these issues. Board members
transcript or other information from the consider technical issues that need to be
are experts in their fields and are
public meetings in another format (e.g., addressed in preparing for such a
appointed to the Board by the President
braille, large print), please notify transportation effort.
from a list of candidates submitted by
Kimberly Meyer-Chambers, NRC The Board meeting will be held at the
the National Academy of Sciences. The
Disability Program Manager, at 301– Hilton Garden Inn, 700 Lindsay
Board reports its findings, conclusions,
Boulevard, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402.
287–0739, by videophone at 240–428– and recommendations to Congress and
The hotel telephone number is 208–
3217, or by email at Kimberly.Meyer- the Secretary of Energy. All Board
522–9500, and the fax number is 208–
Chambers@nrc.gov. Determinations on reports, correspondence, congressional
522–9501.
requests for reasonable accommodation The meeting will begin at 8:00 a.m. on testimony, and meeting transcripts and
will be made on a case-by-case basis. Wednesday, June 13, 2018, and is related materials are posted on the
* * * * * scheduled to adjourn at 6:00 p.m. The Board’s website.
For information on the meeting
Members of the public may request to Board will receive presentations from
agenda, contact Daniel Ogg: ogg@
receive this information electronically. representatives of DOE who are
nwtrb.gov or Karyn Severson: severson@
If you would like to be added to the developing the waste management
nwtrb.gov. For information on logistics,
distribution, please contact the Nuclear system and the system analysis tools
or to request copies of the meeting
Regulatory Commission, Office of the that will help with decision-making
agenda or transcript, contact Davonya
processes. The Board will also hear from
Secretary, Washington, DC 20555 (301– Barnes: barnes@nwtrb.gov. All three
commercial nuclear industry
415–1969), or you may email may be reached by mail at 2300
representatives, including a utility in
Patricia.Jimenez@nrc.gov or Clarendon Boulevard, Suite 1300,
Switzerland, about the experience of the
Wendy.Moore@nrc.gov. Arlington, VA 22201–3367; by
commercial industry in preparing for
telephone at 703–235–4473; or by fax at
Dated: April 27, 2018. SNF and HLW transportation. Other
703–235–4495.
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Denise L. McGovern, speakers will provide observations from
experience with the former Office of Dated: April 26, 2018.
Policy Coordinator, Office of the Secretary.
Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Nigel Mote,
[FR Doc. 2018–09330 Filed 4–27–18; 4:15 pm]
and discuss the perspectives of the Executive Director, U.S. Nuclear Waste
BILLING CODE 7590–01–P Technical Review Board.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission and
stakeholder groups. A detailed meeting [FR Doc. 2018–09160 Filed 4–30–18; 8:45 am]
agenda will be available on the Board’s BILLING CODE P
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