2011-23358. Request for a License To Import Radioactive Waste

Pursuant to 10 CFR 110.70 (b) “Public Notice of Receipt of an Application,” please take notice that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has received the following request to amend an import license. Copies of the request are available electronically through ADAMS and can be accessed through the Public Electronic Reading Room (PERR) link http://www.nrc.gov/​reading-rm.html at the NRC Homepage.

A request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene may be filed within thirty 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 FR49139 (Aug. 28, 2007). Information about filing electronically is available on the NRC's public Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/​site-help/​e-submittals.html. To ensure timely electronic filing, at least 5 (five) days prior to the filing deadline, the petitioner/requestor should contact the Office of the Secretary by e-mail at [e-mail], or by calling [phone], 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 to amend an import license follows.

NRC Import License Application

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Name of applicant, date of application, date received, application No., docket No.	Material type	Total quantity	End use	Country from
Duratek Services, Inc., August 17, 2011, August 18, 2011, IW017/02, 11005621	Class A radioactive waste in the form of radioactively contaminated materials including metals, dry activity material (such as wood, paper, and plastic) and liquids (such as aqueous and organic based fluids)	Radionuclide reallocation: Amend to: (1) Reduce the total activity of C-14, Am-241 and Fe-55 by 25.35 TBq (2) Increase the total activity of H-3 by 22.20 TBq	For recycle and beneficial reuse to the greatest possible extent, which may or may not require decontamination. Some materials to be incinerated and/or used in Duratek operations. Non-conforming materials that cannot be processed will be returned to Monserco (in Canada) for disposition under XW010	Canada.

Dated this 6th day of September 2011 at Rockville, Maryland.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Scott Moore,

Deputy Director, Office of International Programs.