May 26, 2009 

Mr. John J. Miller, CHP 

International Isotopes, Inc. 

4137 Commerce Circle 

Idaho Falls, ID 83401 

SUBJECT: INTERNATIONAL ISOTOPES, INC., INTENT TO SUBMIT LICENSE 

APPLICATION FOR DEPLETED URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE DECONVERSION 

FACILITY 

Dear Mr. Miller: 

This correspondence is in response to your April 13, 2009, letter (ML091260796) to Mr. Michael 

Weber, Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards. In your letter, you notified 

the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) of International Isotopes, Inc.=s (INIS’s) intent to 

submit a license application in late 2009 to construct and operate a depleted uranium 

deconversion facility near Hobbs, New Mexico. We appreciate this advance information and will 

use it to inform our workload planning, including prioritizing and allocating staff resources. 

The review for this new facility will be designated as a major Federal action in accordance with 

Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 51.20(a)(1) & 51.20(b)(14). The application 

should be submitted in accordance with 10 CFR 40.31. Since your facility will involve significant 

quantities of source material, you will also be required to submit an integrated safety analysis 

summary and incorporate appropriate emergency and security planning assessments. 

Our nominal technical and environmental review for similar licensing actions is based on an 

18-month schedule, which begins after the application has been accepted for review. The actual 

schedule will consider the complexity of the review and the availability of staff resources. The 

review schedule established for your application, however, can be extended for several reasons, 

such as a low quality or untimely responses to staff requests for additional information, support 

for potential contested hearings, or reallocation of staff resources to higher priority emergent 

activities. 

Pre-application activities will be fee-billable in accordance with 10 CFR 170.31. Your request 

has been assigned Technical Assignment Control (TAC) number L32707. These interactions 

will be conducted under Docket Number 40-9086. Please include this number in all 

correspondence related to the proposed facility. 

The NRC staff looks forward to future discussions with you on this matter. Please have your 

staff coordinate with Matt Bartlett, your assigned project manager. He can be reached at (301) 

492-3119, or via e-mail to matthew.bartlett@nrc.gov. The backup project manager will be 

Breeda Reilly, who can be reached at (301) 492-3110, or via e-mail to breeda.reilly@nrc.gov. 
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In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of NRC’s “Rules of Practice,” a copy of this letter will be 

available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room and the 

Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible 

from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html (the Public Electronic 

Reading Room). 

Sincerely, 

/RA/ 

 Daniel H.Dorman, Director 

 Division of Fuel Cycle Safety 

 and Safeguards 

 Office of Nuclear Material Safety 

 and Safeguards 
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In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of NRC’s “Rules of Practice,” a copy of this letter will be 

available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room and the 

Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible 

from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html (the Public Electronic 

Reading Room). 

Sincerely, 

/RA/ 

 Daniel H.Dorman, Director 

 Division of Fuel Cycle Safety 

 and Safeguards 

 Office of Nuclear Material Safety 

 and Safeguards 

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