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of center personnel and students; 

sources of cash and in-kind support; 

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characteristics of industrial and/or other 

sector participation; research activities; 

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activities; patents, licenses; 

publications; degrees granted to 

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descriptions of significant advances and 

other outcomes of the ERC effort. Such 

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institution and the NSF. 

Each Center’s annual report will 

address the following categories of 

activities: (1) Vision and impact, (2) 

strategic plan, (3) research program, (4) 

innovation ecosystem and industrial 

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infrastructure (leadership, management, 

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issues. 

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Estimate of Burden: 100 hours per 

center for 17 centers for a total of 1700 

hours. 

Respondents: Academic institutions. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Report: One from each of the 17 ERCs. 

Dated: February 10, 2012. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

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WORKSHOP Sponsored by the Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission and the 

Electric Power Research Institute on 

the Treatment of Probabilistic Risk 

Assessment Uncertainties: Public 

Meeting 

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC), Office of Nuclear 

Regulatory Research (RES), in 

cooperation with the Electric Power 

Research Institute (EPRI), will hold a 

joint workshop on the Treatment of 

Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) 

Uncertainties. Since 2002, RES and 

EPRI, under a Memorandum of 

Understanding (MOU) on Cooperative 

Nuclear Safety Research, have been 

developing state-of-the-art methods for 

conduct of PRA. 

The purpose of the workshop is to 

bring together experts to gain a better 

understanding of the sources of 

uncertainty, how they manifest in the 

PRA, and their potential significance to 

the PRA model and results. More 

specifically, the workshop will address 

uncertainties associated with risk 

assessments for internal fires, seismic 

events, low power and shutdown 

(LPSD) conditions, and for the Level 2 

portion of PRAs. 

DATES: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 

(8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.); 

Thursday, March 1, 2012 (8:30 a.m.— 

12:30 p.m.) 

ADDRESSES: The Legacy Hotel & Meeting 

Centre; 1775 Rockville Pike; Rockville, 

Maryland 20852. 

Meeting Agenda: The agenda for this 

meeting can be accessed at http:// 

www.nrc.gov/public-involve/publicmeetings/index.cfm. 

Because of limited available space, 

attendees are asked to pre-register (there 

is not a registration fee) as soon as 

possible. There will be the ability to 

call-in to the workshop. Please contact 

Matt Dennis, Sandia National 

Laboratories, at 505–284–0781, email: 

mldenni@sandia.gov to register and to 

obtain the call-in phone line number. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary T. Drouin, Sr. Program Manager, 

Performance and Reliability Branch, 

Division of Risk Analysis, Office of 

Nuclear Regulatory Research, United 

States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Tel: 301–251–7574, Email: 

Mary.Drouin@nrc.gov. 

Conduct of the Meeting 

This meeting is a Category 3 

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participate in this meeting by providing 

comments and asking questions 

throughout the meeting. Please note this 

workshop is being conducted in a 

classroom format; registration is 

required to ensure space availability. 

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please notify the NRC is meeting 

contact. Determinations on requests for 

reasonable accommodation will be 

made on a case-by-case basis. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day 

of February, 2012. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Kevin A. Coyne, 

Branch Chief, Probability Probabilistic Risk 

Assessment Branch, Division of Risk Analysis, 

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. 

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USEC Inc. (American Centrifuge Lead 

Cascade Facility and American 

Centrifuge Plant); Direct Transfer of 

Licenses 

In the Matter of USEC INC. (American 

Centrifuge Lead Cascade Facility and 

American Centrifuge Plant); Order EA–12– 


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1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). 

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

027, Docket Nos. 70–7003, 70–7004, License 

Nos. SNM–7003, SNM–2011 

Order Extending the Date by Which the 

Direct Transfer of Licenses Is To Be 

Completed 

I 

USEC Inc., (USEC) is the holder of 

materials licenses SNM–7003 and 

SNM–2011 for the American Centrifuge 

Lead Cascade Facility (Lead Cascade) 

and American Centrifuge Plant (ACP), 

respectively, which authorize the 

licensee to: (1) Possess and use source 

and special nuclear material at the Lead 

Cascade at the former Portsmouth 

Gaseous Diffusion Plant site in Piketon, 

Ohio, in accordance with materials 

license number SNM–7003; and (2) 

construct and operate a gas centrifuge 

uranium enrichment facility (the ACP) 

at the former Portsmouth Gaseous 

Diffusion Plant site in Piketon, Ohio, in 

accordance with materials license 

number SNM–2011. 

II 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission’s (NRC) Order EA–11–013, 

dated February 10, 2011, approved the 

direct transfer of the licenses of the 

above facilities from USEC to the 

limited liability company American 

Centrifuge Operating, LLC (ACO), 

pursuant to Sections 161(b), 161(i), 

161(o) and 184 of the Atomic Energy 

Act, as amended; 42 United States Code 

(U.S.C.) 2201(b), 2201(i), and 2234; and 

Title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR) 30.34(b), 10 CFR 

40.46, ‘‘Inalienability of Licenses,’’ and 

10 CFR 70.36, ‘‘Inalienability of 

Licenses.’’ By Order EA–11–180, dated 

August 8, 2011, the NRC approved an 

extension to Order EA–11–013 until 

February 9, 2012. By their terms, both 

orders will become null and void if the 

license transfers are not completed by 

February 9, 2012. However, both the 

February 10, 2011, and the August 9, 

2011, Orders further state that upon 

written application and for good cause 

shown, the implementation period for 

the license transfers may be extended by 

further Order. 

III 

By letter dated January 6, 2012, and 

supplemented by letter dated January 

27, 2012, USEC submitted a request to 

extend the date by which the license 

transfers must be completed from 

February 9, 2012, to February 8, 2013. 

USEC stated that Condition 3 of Order 

EA–11–013 will be satisfied following 

completion of actions with the DOE, 

without any linkage to the loan 

guarantee. In its January 27, 2012, letter, 

USEC stated that due to uncertainty, it 

appears that the date for completion of 

activities associated with the sub-lease 

will extend beyond May 18, 2012. 

Accordingly, USEC stated that it will 

not be able to fully implement the 

conditions in Order EA–11–013 by 

February 9, 2012, and is requesting a 

second extension to Order EA–11–013. 

USEC states that there have been no 

changes in the information and 

technical and financial qualifications 

presented in its September 10, 2010, 

request to transfer the licenses 

(Agencywide Documents Access and 

Management System (ADAMS) 

Accession No. ML102660371). The NRC 

staff notes that its basis for approving 

the transfers of USEC’s licenses for the 

Lead Cascade and the ACP from USEC 

to ACO is documented in its safety 

evaluation report (SER, ADAMS 

Accession No. ML103630748) 

supporting the February 10, 2011, 

Order. 

The NRC staff reviewed the 

information provided by USEC in its 

September 10, 2010, transfer of licenses 

request, the information provided in its 

July 22, 2011, first extension request 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML11210B497), 

and supplemental electronic 

communication dated August 1, 2011 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML11213A282), 

and the information provided in its 

January 6, 2012, second extension 

request, and supplemental letter dated 

January 27, 2012. Based on this review 

of the information provided by USEC, 

the NRC staff concludes that the basis 

for originally approving the transfers of 

USEC’s licenses for the Lead Cascade 

and the ACP from USEC to ACO 

remains valid. The NRC staff evaluated 

the January 6, 2012, submittal and the 

January 27, 2012, supplemental letter 

and determined that USEC has shown 

good cause to extend the 

implementation period of Order EA–11– 

013 a second time and, therefore, the 

implementation date for Order EA–11– 

013 should be extended to February 8, 

2013, the date by which the transfer of 

licenses must be completed. 

IV 

Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 

161b, 161i, 161o, and 184 of the Atomic 

Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 42 

U.S.C. 2201(b), 2201(i), and 2234; and 

10 CFR 30.34(b), 10 CFR 40.46, 

‘‘Inalienability of Licenses,’’ and 10 CFR 

70.36, ‘‘Inalienability of Licenses,’’ It Is 

Hereby Ordered that the date by which 

the license transfers described above 

must be completed is extended to 

February 8, 2013. If the proposed direct 

transfer of licenses is not completed by 

February 8, 2013, this Order and the 

February 10, 2011, Order shall become 

null and void. However, upon written 

application and for good cause shown, 

the February 8, 2013, date may be 

extended by further Order. 

This Order is effective upon issuance. 

The Order of February 10, 2011, as 

modified by the August 8, 2011, Order 

and this Order, remains in full force and 

effect. 

For further details with respect to this 

Order, see the submittal dated January 

6, 2012 (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML11210B497), the supplemental letter 

dated January 27, 2012 (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML12032A279), and the 

SER documenting NRC’s staff evaluation 

of USEC’s submittal dated February 8, 

2012 (ADAMS Accession No. 

ML12027A034), which may be 

examined—and/or copied for a fee—at 

the NRC’s Public Document Room, 

located at One White Flint North, 11555 

Rockville Pike (First Floor), Rockville, 

MD 20852; and accessible online in the 

NRC Library at http://www.nrc.gov/ 

reading-rm/adams.html. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 8th day 

of February 2012. 

For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

Catherine Haney, 

Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety 

and Safeguards. 

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Self-Regulatory Organizations; 

Chicago Board Options Exchange, 

Incorporated; Order Approving 

Proposed Rule Change Relating to Its 

Automated Improvement Mechanism 

February 10, 2012. 

On December 14, 2011, the Chicago 

Board Options Exchange, Incorporated 

(‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the Securities 

and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’), pursuant to Section 

19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act 

of 1934 (‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4 

thereunder,2 a proposed rule change to 

amend CBOE Rule 6.74A, which relates 

to the Exchange’s Automated 

Improvement Mechanism (‘‘AIM’’). The 

proposal would permit a Trading Permit 

Holder (‘‘TPH’’), when submitting an 

agency order to AIM to initiate an 


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