December 7, 2009 

MEMORANDUM TO: Tom Hiltz, Chief 

 Advanced Fuel Cycle, Enrichment 

 And Uranium Conversion 

 Special Projects and Technical 

 Support Directorate 

 Division of Fuel Cycle Safety 

 and Safeguards 

 Office of Nuclear Material Safety 

 and Safeguards 

FROM: Matt Bartlett, Project Manager /RA/ 

 Advanced Fuel Cycle, Enrichment 

 And Uranium Conversion 

 Special Projects and Technical 

 Support Directorate 

 Division of Fuel Cycle Safety 

 and Safeguards 

 Office of Nuclear Material Safety 

 and Safeguards 

SUBJECT: NOVEMBER 3, 2009, TELEPHONE CALL TO DISCUSS THE 

SUBMITTAL DATE OF THE LICENSE APPLICATION FOR 

INTERNATIONAL ISOTOPES, INC. 

On November 3, 2009, the staff conducted a conference call with International Isotopes, Inc. 

(INIS). The purpose of the call was to receive an update on the INIS’s progress in developing 

the license application for the depleted uranium deconversion facility near Hobbs, New Mexico. 

Enclosed is the telephone summary for your use. The summary contains no proprietary or 

classified information. 

Enclosure: As stated 

Docket No.: 40-9086 

cc: John J. Miller, CHP 

 International Isotopes, Inc. 

 4137 Commerce Circle 

 Idaho Falls, ID 83401 

 jjmiller@intisoid.com 

CONTACT: Matthew Bartlett, NMSS/FCSS 

 (301) 492-3119 
MEMORANDUM TO: Tom Hiltz, Chief 

 Advanced Fuel Cycle, Enrichment 

 And Uranium Conversion 

 Special Projects and Technical 

 Support Directorate 

 Division of Fuel Cycle Safety 

 and Safeguards 

 Office of Nuclear Material Safety 

 and Safeguards 

FROM: Matt Bartlett, Project Manager /RA/ 

 Advanced Fuel Cycle, Enrichment 

 And Uranium Conversion 

 Special Projects and Technical 

 Support Directorate 

 Division of Fuel Cycle Safety 

 and Safeguards 

 Office of Nuclear Material Safety 

 and Safeguards 

SUBJECT: NOVEMBER 3, 2009, TELEPHONE CALL TO DISCUSS THE SUBMITTAL 

DATE OF THE LICENSE APPLICATION FOR INTERNATIONAL ISOTOPES, 

INC. 

On November 3, 2009, the staff conducted a conference call with International Isotopes, Inc. (INIS). The purpose of 

the call was to receive an update on the INIS’s progress in developing the license application for the depleted 

uranium deconversion facility near Hobbs, New Mexico. 

Enclosed is the telephone summary for your use. The summary contains no proprietary or classified information. 

Enclosure: As stated 

Docket No.: 40-9086 

cc: John J. Miller, CHP 

 International Isotopes, Inc. 

 4137 Commerce Circle 

 Idaho Falls, ID 83401 

 jjmiller@intisoid.com 

CONTACT: Matthew Bartlett, NMSS/FCSS 

 (301) 492-3119 

DISTRIBUTION: 

FCSS r/f Davis, J. FSME, Moore, J. FSME 

ML093140247 

OFFICE AFCB AFCB AFCB 

NAME MBartlett THristopoulos THiltz 

DATE 11/12/09 11/25/09 12/07/09 

OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
Enclosure 

Telephone Conference Call Summary 

International Isotopes, Inc. License Application Schedule 

Date and Time: 1:00pm-2:00pm; November 3, 2009 

Call Participants: NRC Participants Applicant

 Tom Hiltz, NMSS Steve Laflin, INIS 

 Yawar, Faraz, NMSS John Miller, INIS 

 Matt Bartlett, NMSS 

 Jennifer Davis, FSME 

 Johari, Moore, FSME 

License Submittal 

International Isotopes, Inc (INIS) indicated they are on track to complete their license application 

by mid December 2009. In addition to the license application, the submittal will contain 

appendices relating to the quality assurance program, emergency plan, decommissioning plan, 

fire hazard analysis, security plan, and Integrated Safety Analysis Summary. The staff indicated 

that the application should be submitted electronically in accordance with the Electronic 

Information Exchange protocol; see Electronic Submittals on the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) public website. In addition, the environmental and licensing Project 

Managers (PMs) should receive a hard copy and CD version. This will help expedite the 

acceptance review process. 

The NRC staff noted that if information in the application should be withheld from public 

disclosure, INIS should clearly mark this information and provide a redacted version that can be 

made publically available. The environmental PM stated that any information on historic, 

archeological, or endangered species needs to be marked as non-public. An affidavit must 

accompany the application to request the proprietary information be withheld from the public. 

Interactions with the State 

INIS discussed their recently signed memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the state of New 

Mexico (NM) which, among several things, defines possession limits for the proposed facility 

near Hobbs, NM. The MOA appears to be patterned after a similar agreement between 

Louisiana Energy Services and NM. INIS intends to submit the agreement as part of the license 

application. 

Pre-licensing construction activities

INIS indicated that their environmental report would contain separate descriptions of the 

pre-licensing construction activities for each area of impact. NRC stated that pre-licensing 

construction required INIS to submit an exemption request. The exemption review would 

require NRC to complete an environmental assessment. The standard metric for these license 

reviews is 150 days, but may be extended due to scheduling issues, complexity, etc. 
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INIS indicated they would evaluate whether to submit the exemption request along with the 

application or separately. NRC informed INIS that the ER need not be long, depending on the 

level of detail in the license application ER. NRC informed INIS that the application and the 

exemption request will be reviewed separately. 

Other Issues

INIS indicated they were developing detailed documentation of their radiation protection 

program and chemical safety, but that they did not plan to submit these program procedures as 

part of their application. 

PRINCIPAL CONTRIBUTOR

Matt Bartlett