Locations of Uranium Recovery FacilitiesThe U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) currently regulates operating uranium recovery facilities in New Mexico, South Dakota and Nebraska. However, the NRC does not directly regulate the active uranium recovery operations in Texas,...
The following table summarizes the key milestones in the schedule that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has established for its review of the application that Kennecott Uranium Co. submitted to renew its license for the Sweetwater Uranium Mill Conventional Uranium ...
Nuclear Materials COVID-19 Activities: Decommissioning | Storage & Transportation | Fuel Cycle Facilities | MIAU & Agreement StatesDecommissioning of Nuclear Facilities and Uranium RecoveryThis page includes links to files in non-HTML format. See Plugins, Viewers, and ...
This page lists, in chronological order, the public meetings that the staff of the U.S.Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) conducted (or participated in) in 2012 to discuss topics related to Uranium Recovery. These meetings may relate to licensed facilities; applications in re...
HPPOS-206 PDR-9111210356See the letter from G. H. Cunningham to W. E. Morgan dated April 14, 1983, and the incoming requests from W. E. Morgan (Boeing Company) dated March 18, 1983 and January 6, 1983.The Boeing Company's proposal to apply a corrosive preventive compound to de...
Morning Session — Stakeholder ParticipantsLouisiana Energy Services (LES) — Gregory SmithUnited States Enirchment Corporation (USEC) — Philip Sewell, American Certrifuge PlantGeneral Electric - Hitachi (GEH) — Tammy Orr, Global Laser EnrichmentAREVA Enrichment Services — Sam S...
NRC Management Directive 5.9, "Adequacy and Compatibility of Agreement State Programs"NMSS State Agreement Procedure SA-110, "Reviewing the Non-Common Performance Indicator, Uranium Recovery Program"NRC Inspection Manual Chapter (IMC) 1248, "Formal Qua...
NRC Staff PresentationFederal Representatives:Frank Martin, Deputy Chief, Solid Minerals Division, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of InteriorTribal and State Representatives and Stakeholders:Katie Sweeney, General Counsel, National Mining Association (NMA)Additiona...
This page lists, in chronological order, the public meetings that the staff of the U.S.Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) conducted (or participated in) in 2013 to discuss topics related to Uranium Recovery. These meetings may relate to licensed facilities; applications in re...
This page lists, in chronological order, the public meetings that the staff of the U.S.Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) conducted in 2007 to discuss topics related to Uranium Recovery. These meetings may relate to licensed facilities; applications in review; expected applic...
This page lists, in chronological order, the public meetings that the staff of the U.S.Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) conducted in 2011 to discuss topics related to Uranium Recovery. These meetings may relate to licensed facilities; applications in review; expected applic...
This page lists, in chronological order, the public meetings that the staff of the U.S.Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) conducted (or participated in) in 2016 to discuss topics related to Uranium Recovery. These meetings may relate to licensed facilities; applications in re...
Inspections of uranium recovery facilities licensed by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) are essential to ensure that they conduct their operations in compliance with applicable regulatory requirements. The inspection frequency for a given facility is based on the p...
MapDescriptionLocations of NRC-Licensed Uranium Recovery Facility SitesLocations of Uranium Recovery Facilities
Interactive MapLocations of Uranium Recovery Sites Undergoing Decommissioning
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Uses for HALEUOperating Reactors – HALEU fuel enriched to between 5 and 10 weight percent U-235 could, subject to NRC regulations, be used in operating light water reactors. New technologies have the potential to enhance safety at U.S. nuclear power plants by offering be...
The Commission will hold a hearing under 10 CFR part 2, subparts A, C, G, and I, on each application for issuance of a license for construction and operation of a uranium enrichment facility. The Commission will publish public notice of the hearing in the Federal Register at l...
This page lists, in chronological order, the public meetings that the staff of the U.S.Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) conducted in 2009 to discuss topics related to Uranium Recovery. These meetings may relate to licensed facilities; applications in review; expected applic...
On this page:RegulationsGuidanceCommunicationsThis page includes links to files in non-HTML format. See Plugins, Viewers, and Other Tools for more information.RegulationsRegulations issued by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) are found in Chapter I of Title 10, &quo...
Printable VersionOn this page:BackgroundThe NRC's roleThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission has completed a program to identify active and inactive U.S. military ranges with depleted uranium, often referred to as DU, and determined that all are under appropriate regulatory ove...
Table S.3 Uranium fuel-cycle environmental dataa[Normalized to model light-water reactor (LWR) annual fuel requirement (WASH-1248) or reference reactor year (NUREG-0116)]Environmental considerationsTotalMaximum effect per annual fuel requirement or reference reactor year of mo...
On this page:Publication InformationAbstractDownload complete documentNUREG/CR-6973, (PDF - 13.78 MB)Publication InformationManuscript Completed: April 2008Date Published: August 2008Prepared by: P.E. Long, S.B. Yabusaki, P.D. Meyer, C.J. Murray A.L. N’GuessanPacific Northwest...
Deconversion involves extracting the fluoride from the depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6), or "tailings," produced during the uranium enrichment process. The questions and answers on this page provide information about deconverting DUF6 into fluoride products (for commercial...
On October 2, 2012, the NRC issued a license to International Isotopes Fluorine Products Inc. (IIFP) for construction and operation of a depleted uranium deconversion facility. Issuance of the license completes a three year application review which was initiated on December 30...
Natural uranium contains 99% U238
and only about 0.7% U235 by weight.
The uranium enrichment process increases the concentration
of U235 to the amount needed for use in reactor fuel.
(a) Under § 51.50, every environmental report prepared for the construction permit stage or early site permit stage or combined license stage of a light-water-cooled nuclear power reactor, and submitted on or after September 4, 1979, shall take Table S–3, Table of U...