EnergySolutions Services Inc.; Application To Amend and Renew; Current Export License
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received and is considering approval of an export application dated May 14, 2026, submitted by EnergySolutions Services Inc. (ESSI) ...
Opportunity to provide comments, request a hearing, and petition for leave to intervene.
SUMMARY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received and is considering approval of an export application dated May 14, 2026, submitted by EnergySolutions Services Inc. (ESSI) to amend and renew an existing license authorizing the export of radioactive waste to Canada. The NRC is providing notice of the opportunity to comment, request a hearing, and petition to intervene on
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ESSI's application. This action will renew the existing export license for an additional 10 years and amend the existing export license to: update the licensee's address to 151 Lafayette Drive, Oak Ridge, TN 37830; add EnergySolutions Services, Inc., Bear Creek Operations in Oak Ridge, TN, as a supplier to the Other U.S. Parties to Export list; revise the name and address of EnergySolutions Canada, Inc. to EnergySolutions Canada Corporation; extend the license expiration date to December 31, 2036; and revise the list of materials.
DATES:
Submit comments by August 26, 2026. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the Commission is able to ensure consideration only for comments received on or before this date. A request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene must be filed by August 26, 2026.
ADDRESSES:
You may submit comments by any of the following methods; however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the Federal rulemaking website:
Federal rulemaking website:
Go to
https://www.regulations.gov
and search for Docket ID NRC-2026-3664. Address questions about Docket IDs in
Regulations.gov
to Bridget Curran; telephone: 301-415-1003; email:
Bridget.Curran@nrc.gov.
For technical questions, contact the individual(s) listed in the “For Further Information Contact” section of this document.
Email comments to: Hearing.Docket@nrc.gov.
If you do not receive an automatic email reply confirming receipt, then contact us at 301-415-1677.
Fax comments to:
Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission at 301-415-1101.
Mail comments to:
Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, ATTN: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff.
Hand deliver comments to:
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. eastern time (ET) Federal workdays; telephone: 301-415-1677.
For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting comments, see “Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments” in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Madelyn Nagel, telephone: 301-415-0371; email:
Madelyn.Nagel@nrc.gov,
and Joanne Savoy, telephone 301-287-9092; email:
Joanne.Savoy@nrc.gov.
Both are staff of the Office of International Programs at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2026-3664 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain publicly available information related to this action by any of the following methods:
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS):
You may obtain publicly available documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
To begin the search, select “Begin ADAMS Public Search.” For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, at 301-415-4737, or by email to
PDR.Resource@nrc.gov.
NRC's PDR:
The PDR, where you may examine and order copies of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. To make an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to
PDR.Resource@nrc.gov
or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
B. Submitting Comments
The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the Federal rulemaking website (
https://www.regulations.gov). Please include Docket ID NRC-2026-3664 in your comment submission.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at
https://www.regulations.gov
as well as enter the comment submissions into ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove such information before making the comment submissions available to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.
II. Discussion
ESSI was issued XW010/04 on April 14, 2021, which expires on December 31, 2026, and authorizes the export of radioactive waste consisting of various materials contaminated with source, special nuclear, or byproduct material that were originally imported from Canada under an NRC general license for recycling and beneficial reuse. Any materials that cannot be recycled, do not meet specifications, have been volume-reduced, or result as waste from processing the imported materials will be sent back to the original Canadian generator for final disposition. ESSI submitted XW010/05 on May 14, 2026, requesting to amend and renew the existing export license authorizing the export of Canadian-origin radioactive waste from ESSI processing facilities in the State of Tennessee to Canada.
III. Opportunity To Comment
The NRC is providing notice of the receipt of the application and is providing the opportunity to submit written comments concerning the actions in this notice. Within 30 days from the date of publication of this notice, persons may submit written comments, as provided in section 110.81 of title 10 of the
Code of Federal Regulations
(10 CFR). The NRC will consider and, if appropriate, respond to these comments, but such comments will not otherwise constitute part of the decisional record. Comments should be submitted as described in the
Addresses
section of this notice.
IV. Opportunity To Request a Hearing and Petition for Leave To Intervene
Within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice any person may file a request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene with respect to the actions in this notice. A hearing request or petition for leave to intervene must include the information specified in 10 CFR 110.82(b). Any request for hearing or petition for leave to intervene shall be served by the requestor or petitioner in accordance with 10 CFR 110.89(a), either by delivery, by mail, or filed with the NRC electronically in accordance with the NRC's E-Filing rule (72 FR 49139; August 28, 2007, as amended at 77 FR 46562; August 3, 2012). Detailed guidance on electronic submissions may be found in the “Guidance for Electronic Submissions to the NRC” (ADAMS Accession No. ML13031A056)
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and on the NRC's public website (
https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html).
To comply with the procedural requirements of E-Filing, at least 10 days prior to the filing deadline, the participant should contact the Office of the Secretary by email at
Hearing.Docket@nrc.gov,
or by telephone at 301-415-1677, to (1) request a digital identification (ID) certificate, which allows the participant (or its counsel or representative) to digitally sign submissions and access the E-Filing system for any proceeding in which it is participating; and (2) advise the Secretary that the participant will be submitting a petition or other adjudicatory document (even in instances in which the participant, or its counsel or representative, already holds an NRC-issued digital ID certificate). Based upon this information, the Secretary will establish an electronic docket for the proceeding if the Secretary has not already established an electronic docket.
The information concerning this application for an export license follows.
NRC Export License Application
Application Information
Name of Applicant
EnergySolutions Services, Inc.
Date of Application
May 14, 2026.
Date Received
May 27, 2026.
Application No
XW010/05.
Docket No
11005620.
ADAMS Accession No
ML26147A166.
Description of Material
Material Type
Mixed waste consisting of mixed hazardous and radioactive waste constituents, contaminated recyclable resource material/waste such as lead bricks or sheet as necessary.
Total Quantity
Authorization to export a total maximum quantity of 380.064 TBq, based on the maximum activity authorized for possession at Energy Solutions Canada Corporation as follows: H-3: 185 TBq (updated), C-14: 18.5 Tbq (updated), Ra-226: 0.74 TBq, Th-232: 0.74 TBq, Po-210: 0.37 TBq, Uranium (natural or depleted): 7.4 TBq, Uranium (not U-233, U-235 or U-238): 0.074 TBq (updated), Atomic number 3 to 83: 111 TBq (updated), Atomic number 84 to 91 (total): 0.185 (updated), Transuranics (TRU): 0.185 TBq (updated), Am-241: 0.37 TBq (updated), Fe-55: 55.5 TBq (updated), and Special Nuclear Material (SNM), 235U equivalent: 350 grams.1