ASLBP 23-976-01-LA-BD02, Letter to Various Stakeholders from the Secretary of the Commission

Letter to Various Stakeholders from the Secretary of the Commission

ML23212B186
Person / Time
Site:	Erwin
Issue date:	07/31/2023
From:	Brooke Clark NRC/SECY
To:
SECY RAS
References
ASLBP 23-976-01-LA-BD02, RAS 56728, 70-143-LA
Download: ML23212B186 (13)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 July 31, 2023 To Those on the Attached List:

On behalf of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), I am responding to the postcards you submitted to Chair Christopher T. Hanson by U.S. Mail on or about July 27, 2023, regarding the application submitted to the NRC by Nuclear Fuel Services Inc. (NFS) (Docket No.70-143; NRC-2022-0097). NFS seeks to amend special nuclear materials (SNM) license number SNM-124. The amended license would authorize NFS to perform uranium purification and conversion services at the Erwin, Tennessee site pursuant to a contract with the U.S.

Department of Energys National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Your correspondence expresses support for the appeal to the Commission filed by Erwin Citizens Awareness Network, Inc. (ECAN) of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Boards decision to deny ECANs intervention petition.

The concerns raised in your correspondence bear on matters currently before the Commission in an adjudicatory proceeding. Given that this contested proceeding is ongoing, it would be inappropriate for the Chair or Commission to discuss or comment on these matters at this time.

This is because the Commission must remain impartial during the pendency of the proceeding.

A copy of your postcards and this response will be served on the participants in the NFS license amendment proceeding and mailed via U.S. Mail to the First Presbyterian Church of Elizabethton, TN, and to those submitters who provided a mailing address on their postcards.

Sincerely, Brooke P. Clark Brooke P.

Clark Digitally signed by Brooke P. Clark Date: 2023.07.31 16:40:50 -04'00'

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Kathy Hardet, 3592 Aaron Drive, Columbus, OH 43220 Kyle Hardet, 3592 Aaron Drive, Columbus, OH 43220 Marcia (Unreadable), 351 20th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215 Margot Brand, 471 Captains Court, Winneconne, WI 54986 The Right Reverend William E. Swing, c/o First Presbyterian Church, 119 West F Street, Elizabethton, TN 37643 Andra Paitz, 1511 Shenandoah Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45237 (Unreadable), 351 20th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215 May Estridge, c/o First Presbyterian Church, 119 West F Street, Elizabethton, TN 37643

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing Letter to Various Stakeholders from the Secretary of the Commission have been served upon the following persons by Electronic Information Exchange.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication Mail Stop: O-16B33 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: ocaamail.resource@nrc.gov U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the Secretary of the Commission Mail Stop: O-16B33 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: hearingdocket@nrc.gov U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop: T-3F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Roy Hawkens, Chief Administrative Judge Dr. Sue H. Abreu, Associate Chief Administrative Judge (Technical)

G. Paul Bollwerk, Administrative Judge William J. Froehlich, Administrative Judge Noel M. Johnson, Law Clerk Emily G. Newman, Law Clerk Allison R. Wood, Law Clerk E-mail: roy.hawkens@nrc.gov sue.abreu@nrc.gov paul.bollwerk@nrc.gov william.froehlich@nrc.gov Noel.Johnson@nrc.goc emily.newman@nrc.gov allison.wood@nrc.gov U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop - O-14A44 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Adam S. Gendelman Travis C. Jones Mauri T. Lemoncelli Nicolas P. Mertz Kevin C. Roach E-mail: adam.gendelman@nrc.gov travis.jones@nrc.gov mauri.lemoncelli@nrc.gov nicolas.mertz@nrc.gov kevin.roach@nrc.gov Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc.

1205 Banner Hill Road Erwin, TN 37650 Timothy A. Knowles Director, Safety and Safeguards E-mail: taknowles@nuclearfuelservices.com Counsel for Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLC 1111 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, DC 20004 Ryan K. Lighty Molly Mattison E-mail: ryan.lighty@morganlewis.com molly.mattison@morganlewis.com

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Counsel for the Erwin Citizens Awareness Network Terry J. Lodge 316 North Michigan Street, Suite 520 Toledo, OH 43604 E-mail: tjlodge50@yahoo.com Office of the Secretary of the Commission Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 31st day of July 2023.

Clara I. Sola Digitally signed by Clara I. Sola Date: 2023.07.31 16:45:15 -04'00'