UNITED STATES 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 

OFFICE OF FEDERAL AND STATE MATERIALS 

AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555 

November 5, 2009 

NRC REGULATORY ISSUE SUMMARY 2009-14 

LICENSING APPROACH FOR 

URANIUM IN SITU RECOVERY FACILITY APPLICATIONS

ADDRESSEES 

All holders of operating licenses for uranium in situ recovery (ISR) facilities and all companies 

that have submitted applications to construct new ISR facilities or letters of intent to submit such 

applications. In addition, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is providing this 

Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) to appropriate Agreement States for their information. 

INTENT 

The NRC is issuing this RIS to inform addressees of the NRC’s position regarding an issue that 

has arisen in conjunction with the anticipated increase in and variety of license applications for 

new facilities, restarts, and expansions of ISR operations. No specific action or written 

response is required of the addressees. 

BACKGROUND 

Certain basic ISR facility terminology herein has been defined and is included for reference as 

Enclosure 1. All uranium recovery facilities, whether they are conventional mills or ISRs, must 

have a license to operate. Such licenses are issued either by NRC or an Agreement State. 

Typically, a new facility requires a new license. For example, a company that has a license for 

a conventional mill and proposes to build another mill at a different location would need a 

separate license for the second mill. This is in conformance with the NRC’s long-standing 

position of requiring separate licenses for individual fuel cycle facilities. Once licensed, changes 

to the facility are approved through the process of amending the license. Changes that are 

addressed through the amendment process include, among other things, additions to the 

facility. Thus, a new tailings cell at a conventional mill or a new evaporation pond at an ISR 

facility would be approved by amending the existing license. 

However, some proposed or potential ISR licensing actions exist that raise the question of 

whether the action should be approved via an amendment to an existing license, or the 

issuance of a new license. For example, one scenario is the licensing of ISR/resin operations 

as satellites that feed loaded resin to an existing ISR/yellowcake operation owned by the same 

company. In the past, the staff has approved these satellites by amending the license for the 

existing ISR/yellowcake operation. Those decisions were justified, because, in most cases, the 

proposed satellite facility was adjacent, or in close proximity to, the licensee’s existing ISR/ 

yellowcake facility and would be operationally connected to that facility. Thus, the satellite was 

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considered an extension of the licensed ISR operation. However, in some cases, the proposed 

ISR satellite is not close to the licensed ISR/yellowcake operation. 

Additionally, the NRC staff has received inquiries from companies proposing construction of 

uranium recovery facilities deviating from a simple ISR/yellowcake operation. Industry has 

expressed interest in licensing stand-alone ISR/resin operations, licensing stand-alone Central 

Processing Plants (CPPs) without well fields, and adding CPPs at satellite ISRs. To address 

these and other application scenarios that may emerge in the future, the staff is proposing a 

general position on whether the various ISR facility licensing scenarios will be approved by 

issuing an amendment to an existing license, or by issuing a new license. 

SUMMARY OF ISSUES 

The key issue to address is identifying proposed ISR scenarios that require a new license and 

those that can be approved by amending an existing license. The NRC’s position on ISR facility 

licensing is as follows: 

 1. Generally, additions or enhancements to a license for an ISR facility can be approved by 

amending the license. Although nuclear power plant units co-located at a site require 

separate licenses, NRC historically has approved enhancements and additions to fuel 

cycle facilities through the amendment process. With the increased interest in uranium 

processing, an ISR licensee may request one or more additional CPPs at a site that is 

already licensed. This position allows approval of a request for an additional CPP, at a 

facility that already has a CPP, to be in the form of an amendment to the existing 

license. Unlike reactor licenses, which focus primarily on the reactor and its various 

components, uranium recovery licenses focus primarily on the site where the licensed 

activity occurs. This focus on the site is the basis for this position. Further, it would not 

be an efficient use of resources to create multiple uranium recovery licenses at a single 

uranium recovery site. 

2. For NRC staff to consider approving additions or enhancements to facilities not located 

at the existing licensed site through amendment of the existing ISR license, the licensee 

must show a strong connection (discussed below) between the proposed additions or 

enhancements and the existing licensed operations. This position would prevent one 

entity from using a single license to cover disparate facilities at separate locations. The 

fact that the facilities are similar and are owned by the same entity does not necessarily 

demonstrate a strong connection. If the facilities are located on separate noncontiguous sites and not operationally connected, NRC would treat them as separate 

facilities and license them individually. 

The strong connection discussed above can be met by either of two ways: 

Operational Connection – Demonstrating that the new facility would not be 

functional without the existing facility. For example, an existing ISR licensee is 

proposing the addition of a new ISR/resin operation that will involve shipping the 

resin to the licensee’s operating CPP or ISR/yellowcake operation for further 

processing (satellite facility). Without the existing CPP, the new ISR/satellite 

would not be able to process the resins, and, thus, would not be able to produce 

the uranium. 
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Hydrogeologic Connection – An existing ISR licensee is proposing the addition of 

a new ISR/resin operation involving well fields containing the ore zone, and 

hydrogeologic conditions that are the same as the existing licensed ISR/resin 

operations. The procedure for determining whether a sufficiently strong 

hydrogeologic connection exists is described in the enclosed Procedure for 

Determining Strong Hydrogeologic Connection (Enclosure 2). 

If an operational connection or a sufficiently strong hydrogeologic connection is shown, multiple 

ISR operations at separate locations could be authorized under a single license. 

The amendment of a license based on showing a strong connection only applies to facilities 

located completely within states where the NRC has not delegated its authority under Section 

274 of the Atomic Energy Act. A new ISR facility in an Agreement State cannot be licensed as 

a satellite under an existing NRC license, nor can a proposed ISR facility in a state where NRC 

has regulatory authority be licensed as a satellite under an Agreement State license. 

Unless a showing is made as discussed above, approval of the proposed action would require 

issuance of a separate license. For example, some prospective licensees have discussed 

constructing detached ISR/resin operations from which the loaded resin would be taken to 

another company’s CPP for processing. Such an ISR/resin operation would need a separate 

license. In addition, a stand-alone CPP without well fields, that receives and processes resin 

from other companies’ ISR facilities, would not be approved by amending an existing ISR 

facility’s license but would need a separate license. 

Adding a CPP to a previously licensed satellite ISR/resin operation would only be authorized by 

issuing a separate license for the newly created independent ISR/yellowcake operation. The 

basis for this position is that, unlike an ISR satellite operation, a CPP produces yellowcake, and 

thus, is a stand-alone facility whose only connection to an existing licensed ISR facility may be 

that it is owned by the same entity. Additionally, because of processes necessary to produce 

yellowcake, each CPP requires an onsite radiation safety officer (RSO) or technician and an 

onsite facility or site manager. Note that there currently is one ISR license under which the 

licensee is authorized to operate more than one CPP. This situation occurred through a past 

licensing action that combined 3 separate licensed sites under one license (one owner). 

Currently, that operation has several satellites sending resin to a main CPP, although one of 

those satellites has a licensed CPP in standby. If the licensee were to notify the NRC of plans 

to restart that CPP, that action would normally require issuing a separate license, consistent 

with this position. However, this RIS will not be applied retroactively, so the CPP in question 

would be grandfathered, and its restart would only require an amendment of the existing 

license. 

The enclosed Table (Enclosure 3) presents an overview of ISR licensing options and the 

associated licensing process based on this position. 
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FEDERAL REGISTER NOTIFICATION 

A notice of opportunity for public comment on this RIS was not published in the Federal Register

because this RIS is informational and does not represent a departure from current regulatory 

requirements. 

CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW ACT 

This RIS is a rule under the Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. §§ 801-886). The Office of 

Management and Budget has determined that this is not a major rule. 

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT STATEMENT 

This RIS does not contain any information collections and, therefore, is not subject to the 

requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

CONTACT 

This RIS requires no specific action or written response. If you have any questions about this 

summary, please contact the technical contact listed below. 

 /RA/ 

 Larry W. Camper, Director 

Division of Waste Management 

 and Environmental Protection 

 Office of Federal and State Materials 

 and Environmental Management Programs 

Technical Contact: Bill von Till 

 (301) 415-0598 

 E-mail: bill.vontill@nrc.gov

Enclosures: 

1. Definitions 

2. Procedure for determining hydrogeologic 

 strong connection 

3. Table of ISR licensing action scenarios 

 and corresponding process requirements 

4. List of Recently Issued FSME Generic 

 Communications 
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FEDERAL REGISTER NOTIFICATION 

A notice of opportunity for public comment on this RIS was not published in the Federal Register

because this RIS is informational and does not represent a departure from current regulatory 

requirements. 

CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW ACT 

This RIS is a rule under the Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. §§ 801-886). The Office of 

Management and Budget has determined that this is not a major rule. 

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT STATEMENT 

This RIS does not contain any information collections and, therefore, is not subject to the 

requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

CONTACT 

This RIS requires no specific action or written response. If you have any questions about this 

summary, please contact the technical contact listed below. 

 /RA/ 

 Larry W. Camper, Director 

Division of Waste Management 

 and Environmental Protection 

 Office of Federal and State Materials 

 and Environmental Management Programs 

Technical Contact: Bill von Till 

 (301) 415-0598 

 E-mail: bill.vontill@nrc.gov

Enclosures: 

1. Definitions 

2. Procedure for determining hydrogeologic 

 strong connection 

3. Table of ISR licensing action scenarios 

 and corresponding process requirements 

4. List of Recently Issued FSME Generic 

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Enclosure 1 

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Definitions

In situ Recovery (ISR) Operations - In situ recovery, also known as solution mining, or in 

situ leaching, means the process for extracting uranium from an underground ore body by 

injecting a leaching solution (lixiviant) into an ore body and pumping the solution to a surface 

facility for further processing. 

Wellfield – A well field means an area within a facility from which source material is 

extracted by ISR operations, and that contains injection, production, and monitoring wells as 

proposed by the applicant or licensee and approved by the Commission. 

Ion Exchange (IX) Plant – An IX Plant is a process building at an ISR Facility in which the 

pregnant lixiviant (solution containing uranium) from the production wells flows through ion 

exchange columns where resin beads selectively remove the uranium from the solution. IX 

Plants do not process the resins further. The saturated resins are transported to a Central 

Processing Plant to convert the uranium into yellowcake. 

Central Processing Plant (CPP) – A CPP is a process building at an ISR Facility in which 

yellowcake is produced. The yellowcake can be a slurry or a dried powder. Activities at a 

CPP can include the entire uranium processing circuit (i.e., lixiviant preparation in support of 

an active well field, uranium stripping in ion exchange resin columns, resin elution, uranium 

precipitation, yellowcake slurry thickening and drying, and yellowcake packing), or a portion 

of the circuit that results in yellowcake production (e.g., ion exchange (IX), elution, 

precipitation, and thickening). 

ISR Facility – An ISR Facility is an operation that includes one or more well fields, and 

either an IX Plant or a CPP. For the purposes of this document, an operation with one or 

more well fields and an IX Plant is referred to as an ISR/resin operation, and an operation 

with one or more well fields and a CPP is referred to as an ISR/yellowcake operation. 

ISR Satellite – An ISR Satellite is an ISR/resin operation that transports its loaded resin to a 

CPP operated by the same company/licensee. As such, the ISR/resin operation is a 

“satellite” of the CPP.
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PROCEDURE FOR DETERMINING STRONG HYDROGEOLOGIC CONNECTION

Purpose: 

The following procedure provides guidance for determining if there is a strong hydrogeologic 

connection between a licensed ISR facility and proposed new ISR facility. 

Procedure: 

1. Characterize sites. For each site being compared, determine its characteristics pertinent to 

each of the factors listed below. These factors are natural system factors that are fundamental 

to well field performance, and to designing a well field pattern and monitoring plan. All of the 

factors are qualitative to provide flexibility in characterizing and comparing sites with a great 

variability of geologic and hydrogeologic characteristics. These factors are: 

 

1. Regional structural setting 

2. Regional stratigraphy and hydrogeology 

3. Ore zone stratigraphy and lithology 

4. Confining unit stratigraphy, continuity, permeability 

2. Compare sites. Compare the degree of similarity or difference between the proposed new 

facility’s hydrogeologic characteristics and those of the existing licensed facility using the factors 

above. For each factor, identify if the factor is the same (S), different (D), or very different (VD) 

(see example below). Differences must be significant to the hydraulic behavior of the well field. 

If the comparison of a factor is not obvious or is uncertain, that factor’s impact on hydraulic 

behavior should be evaluated further. If, on further evaluation, a minor difference is identified 

that is not significant to hydraulic behavior, then the comparison for that factor should be 

identified as the same and the basis documented. 

3. Determine strong hydrogeologic connection. For a new well field to have a strong 

hydrogeologic connection to an existing well field, none of the factors should be identified in 

Step 2 as different or very different. 

EXAMPLE: COMPARISON OF 3 POWER RESOURCES, INC. SATELLITE FACILITIES TO 

ITS SMITH RANCH HIGHLAND CENTRAL PROCESSING PLANT 

Purpose: To illustrate how the factors can be used, the staff compared the PRI Smith Ranch 

licensed ISR to its other satellite facilities at Reynolds Ranch, North Butte, and Gas Hills. The 

comparison table included identifies similarities and differences and provides a basis for the 

conclusions below. 
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Background: 

• The Smith Ranch facility and the satellite facilities used in this comparison were 

consolidated under a single license from 2002 to 2005. 

• All of these 4 PRI sites are located in central Wyoming near Casper. 

• Distance from Smith Ranch to satellites: 

o Reynolds Ranch: 6 miles to the North and southern boundary contiguous to 

Smith Ranch 

o North Butte: approximately 30 road miles to the North 

o Gas Hills: approximately 140 road miles to the South and West 

Results: 

• The four facilities were compared using the four evaluation factors and summarized the 

information in a comparison table. 

• Reynolds Ranch: Same as Smith Ranch; a strong hydrogeologic connection 

o Similarities 

 Same regional structural and stratigraphic setting 

 Same ore zone and confining units (“P” shale) 

 Lack of faults 

 Lack of impacts from uranium mining or other resource extraction 

o Differences: no differences significant to well field performance 

• North Butte: Different than Smith Ranch; not a strong hydrogeologic connection 

o Similarities 

 Same regional structural and stratigraphic setting 

 Lack of faults 

o Differences 

 Different ore zone and confining units (laterally discontinuous shales) 

 Impacts from nearby coal bed methane extraction need extensive 

monitoring and assessment 

• Gas Hills: Very different than Smith Ranch; not a strong hydrogeologic connection 

o Similarities 

 Regional stratigraphy is the same; Tertiary alluvial fan deposits with ore 

zones in channel sands 

o Differences 

 Regional structural setting; Wind River Basin separate from Powder River 

Basin and contains faults 

 Ore zones are in different formations 

 Confining units are different formations, especially the lower units are 

different formations that are not well characterized 

 Traceable and subsidiary faults need extensive characterization and 

assessment 

 Impacts on hydrogeology from nearby abandoned underground mines 

and open pits need testing and assessment as well as consideration in 

well field design and monitoring 
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Conclusions about site comparisons: 

• Reynolds Ranch is “the same” as Smith Ranch under all the factors, and, therefore, has 

a strong hydrogeologic connection to the Smith Ranch site. 

• Both North Butte and Gas Hills have significant differences with Smith Ranch, and 

therefore do not have a strong hydrogeologic connection with the Smith Ranch site. 

NOTE: As previously stated, this discussion illustrated the method of determining a strong 

hydrogeologic connection using the PRI Smith Ranch licensed ISR and its satellite sites. 

Although, this example shows that some satellites do not exhibit a strong hydrogeologic 

connection to the PRI Smith Ranch licensed ISR, all the satellites exhibit an operational 

connection. Based on this operational connection, all of these satellites were licensed by 

amendments to the PRI Smith Ranch license instead of by separate licenses. 
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EXAMPLE: COMPARISON OF PRI SATELLITE FACILITIES TO SMITH RANCH 

 HIGHLAND CPP 

 SMITH RANCH, 

HIGHLAND CPP 

REYNOLDS 

RANCH 

NORTH BUTTE GAS HILLS 

SUMMARY 

COMPARISON 

 SAME DIFFERENT VERY DIFFERENT 

1. Regional 

structural 

setting. 

Southern part of 

Powder River Basin. 

Southern part of 

Powder River 

Basin. (S) 

Southern part of 

Powder River Basin. (S) 

Wind River Basin 

and separated from 

the Powder River 

Basin. (VD) 

2. Regional 

stratigraphy 

and 

hydrogeology. 

Tertiary Eocene 

Wasatch and 

underlying Fort Union 

alluvial fan deposits of 

interbedded 

sandstones and 

claystones. 

Numerous facies 

changes over short 

lateral distances; 

coarser units to the 

south and closer to the 

source of sediment. 

Wells often completed 

in multiple sandstone 

aquifers. 

Same (S) Similar lithologies but 

different formations and 

age. (D) 

Similar lithologies 

but different 

formations and age. 

(D) 

3. Ore zone 

stratigraphy 

and lithology. 

Ore zones found in 

course channel sands 

of Eocene Fort Union 

Fm. 

Ore zones in O-and Q 

sand units. 

Same ore zones 

as Smith Ranch. 

Ore zones U/S 

and O sands of 

Fort Union. (S) 

Different ore zones: 

Although the ore zones 

are in channel sands 

within the same Tertiary 

alluvial fan deposits as 

Smith ranch, the 

sandstone ore zones 

are different. 

Ore zones are in lower 

part of Wasatch Fm that 

overlies the Fort Union 

Fm and in three sand 

units A, B, and C, that 

are connected in some 

places forming one unit. 

Different ore zones: 

Wind River Fm 

contains ore in 

arkosic sandstones 

to pebble and 

boulder 

conglomerates. 

5 separate mining 

units in different fan 

deposits. 

Complicated 

stratigraphic 

interpretation. 

(D) 
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 SMITH RANCH, 

HIGHLAND CPP 

REYNOLDS 

RANCH 

NORTH BUTTE GAS HILLS 

SUMMARY 

COMPARISON 

 SAME DIFFERENT VERY DIFFERENT 

Similar lithology, highly 

lenticular with 

numerous facies 

changes over short 

distances. In some 

cases, cannot trace 

stratigraphic units more 

than a few thousands of 

feet. (D) 

4. Confining 

unit 

stratigraphy, 

continuity, 

permeability. 

Confining units are 

Tertiary shales. 

Upper confining unit is 

a laterally continuous 

lacustrine claystone 

60 ft thick (“P” shale) 

of the Fort Union Fm. 

Lower confining unit is 

a claystone. 

Same - “P” shale 

is also present as 

the laterally 

continuous 

overlying 

confining unit (S) 

Different specific units, 

but similar lithologies. 

Impermeable shale 

layers bound above and 

below the 3 ore bearing 

sand members, but 

these are laterally 

discontinuous overback 

deposits different than 

the continuous 

lacustrine clays of the 

“P” shale at Smith 

Ranch. 

(D) 

Different confining 

units - Upper 

confining units are 

Tertiary shales; 

Shales are complex 

and pinch in/out. 

Lower confining 

units are preTertiary and 

multiple, different 

formations that are 

not well 

characterized and 

different than the 

Fort Union or 

Wasatch shale units 

at the other sites. 

Individual mining 

units have different 

lower confining 

formations that add 

additional 

characterization and 

testing complexity.

(D) 
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TABLE OF ISR LICENSING ACTION SCENARIOS AND CORRESPONDING PROCESS 

ISR-RELATED APPLICATION LICENSING PROCESS 

New applicant or existing licensee proposes a new 

ISR/yellowcake. License 

New applicant or existing licensee proposes a new 

ISR/resin, with the resin shipped to a separate 

business entity’s CPP. 

License 

ISR/resin licensee proposes an additional ISR/resin w/ 

no strong connection. License 

ISR/resin licensee proposes an additional ISR/resin 

close by with strong hydro-geologic connection. Amendment 

Licensee proposes a satellite, i.e., remote ISR/resin w/ 

resin shipped to its licensed existing CPP or 

ISR/yellowcake (strong operational connection). 

Amendment 

New applicant or existing licensee proposes a standalone CPP at new site. License 

ISR/resin licensee proposes to add a CPP at its site. Amendment 

Existing CPP or ISR/yellowcake licensee with a satellite 

proposes to add a CPP at the satellite. License 

Licensee proposes an additional CPP at its existing 

CPP or ISR/yellowcake site (increased capacity). Amendment 

Licensee proposes restart of an ISR facility in standby 

or decommissioning. Amendment 

ISR licensee proposes additions, modifications, or 

enhancements to its licensed facility. Amendment 
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List of Recently Issued Office of Federal and State Material 

and Environmental Management Programs Generic Communications

Date GC No. Subject Addressees 

12/01/08 RIS-2008-31 Licensing Requirements for Sentinel 

Lymph Node Biopsy. 

All U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

medical use licensees and NRC master material 

licensees. All Agreement State Radiation 

Control Program Directors and State Liaison 

Officers. 

12/22/08 RIS-2008-10, 

Suppl. 1 

Notice Regarding Forthcoming 

Federal Firearms Background 

Checks. 

All U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

licensees, certificate holders, and applicants for 

a license or certificate of compliance who use 

armed security personnel as part of their 

physical protection system and security 

organization. All Radiation Control Program 

Directors and State Liaison Officers. 

01/12/09 IN-2008-22 Molybdenum-99 Breakthrough in 

Molybdenum-99/Technetium-99m 

Generators. 

All U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

medical, radiopharmacy, molybdenum-99/ 

technetium-99m generator manufacturers, and 

master material licensees authorized to 

manufacture or use generators. All Agreement 

State radiation control program directors and 

State liaison officers. 

01/22/09 IN-2009-01 National Response Framework. All holders of operating licenses or certificates 

for nuclear power plants, research and test 

reactors, independent spent fuel storage 

installations, fuel cycle facilities, and radioactive 

materials. All holders of operating licenses for 

uranium recovery facilities and all holders of 

licenses or certificates for the following types of 

facilities undergoing decommissioning: nuclear 

power plants, research and test reactors, fuel 

cycle facilities, and uranium recovery facilities. 

02/03/09 IN-2009-05 Contamination Events Resulting 

from Damage to Sealed Radioactive 

Sources During Gauge 

Dismantlement And Nonroutine 

Maintenance Operations. 

All U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

materials licensees; all Agreement State 

Radiation Control Program Directors and State 

Liaison Officers. 

03/30/09 IN-2009-07 Withholding of Proprietary 

Information from Public Disclosure. 

All current holders of and potential applicants for 

licenses, certificates of compliance, permits, or 

standard design certifications, as well as any 

other persons submitting a request that 

information be withheld from public disclosure 

under the provisions of Title 10 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 2.390, 

“Public inspections, exemptions, requests for 

withholding. 

Note: This list contains the six most recently issued generic communications, issued by the Office of Federal and State 

Materials and Environmental Management Programs (FSME). A full listing of all generic communications may be viewed at 

the NRC public website at the following address: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/gen-comm/index.html