Environmental Assessment for Urenco USA's Uranium Shipment Exemption
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This regulation allows Urenco USA to transport limited shipments of enriched uranium hexafluoride beyond the usual limits, with no significant environmental effect. It affects primarily Urenco USA and its transportation practices for uranium shipments.
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Key Changes
- Allows transportation of enriched uranium up to 10% U-235
- Exempts specific NRC requirements for certain shipments
- Environmental assessment finds no significant impact
Obligations
What this law requires
Urenco USA must utilize the DN30 transportation package to transport uranium hexafluoride (UF6) enriched to greater than 5 but less than 10 wt. percent U-235.
Urenco USA must limit usage of the DN30 transportation package to approximately 40 to 50 cylinders for the years 2026-2027.
Urenco USA must submit a written request to the NRC before the first use of the DN30 transportation package.
Urenco USA must comply with the criticality safety requirements as stated in 10 CFR part 71 for the mixed contents of UF6 within the 30B cylinders.
Urenco USA must ensure that environmental impacts of the transportation are consistent with those evaluated in NUREG-0170.