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If a person other than Magnus 

Quitmeyer requests a hearing, that 

person shall set forth with particularity 

the manner in which his or her interest 

is adversely affected by this Order and 

shall address the criteria set forth in 10 

CFR 2.309(d) and (f). 

If a hearing is requested by Magnus 

Quitmeyer or a person whose interest is 

adversely affected, the Commission will 

issue an Order designating the time and 

place of any hearings. If a hearing is 

held, the issue to be considered at such 

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approval of an extension of time in 

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Register without further order or 

proceedings. If an extension of time for 

requesting a hearing has been approved, 

the provisions specified in Section IV 

shall be final when the extension 

expires if a hearing request has not been 

received. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

/RA/ 

David L. Pelton, 

Director, Office of Enforcement. 

Dated this 30th day of November 2023. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26952 Filed 12–7–23; 8:45 am] 

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Dated: December 6, 2023. 

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[Docket No. 030–30429; License No. 42– 

26928–01; EA–23–039; NRC–2023–0204] 

Confirmatory Order; Issuance; In the 

Matter of ProTechnics Division of Core 

Laboratories LP 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) issued a 

Confirmatory Order to ProTechnics 

Division of Core Laboratories LP 

(ProTechnics) to document 

commitments made as part of a 

settlement agreement made between the 

NRC and ProTechnics following an 

alternative dispute resolution mediation 

session held on October 12, 2023. The 

mediation addressed six apparent 

violations involving ProTechnics’ 

abandonment of well logging sources, 

compliance with disposal of effluents 


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limits within the Gulf of Mexico, and 

compliance with NRC requirements for 

monitoring occupational radiation 

exposure. ProTechnics has committed to 

various measures intended to improve 

the effectiveness of its radiation safety 

program, develop better well logging 

source abandonment procedures, and to 

train its employees on occupational 

exposure limits and the proper use of 

dosimetry. The Confirmatory Order is 

effective upon issuance. 

DATES: The Confirmatory Order was 

issued on November 28, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2023–0204 when contacting the 

NRC about the availability of 

information regarding this document. 

You may obtain publicly available 

information related to this document 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2023–0204. Address 

questions about Docket IDs in 

Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 

telephone: 301–415–0624; email: 

Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical 

questions, contact the individual listed 

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this document. 

• NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly 

available documents online in the 

ADAMS Public Documents collection at 

https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ 

adams.html. To begin the search, select 

‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For 

problems with ADAMS, please contact 

the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR) 

reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, at 

301–415–4737, or by email to 

PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. The 

Confirmatory Order to ProTechnics is 

available in ADAMS under Accession 

No. ML23305A063. 

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may examine and order copies of 

publicly available documents, is open 

by appointment. To make an 

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send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov 

or call 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415– 

4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern 

time (ET), Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeremy Groom, Region IV, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, telephone: 

817–200–1182, email: Jeremy.Groom@

nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of 

the Order is attached. 

Dated: December 4, 2023. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

John D. Monninger, 

Regional Administrator, NRC Region IV. 

Attached—Confirmatory Order 

United States of America 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

In the Matter of: PROTECHNICS 

DIVISION OF CORE LABORATORIES 

LP, Docket No. 030–30429, License 

No. 42–26928–01, EA–23–039 

Confirmatory Order Modifying License 

(Effective Upon Issuance) 

I 

ProTechnics Division of Core 

Laboratories LP (ProTechnics or the 

licensee) is the holder of Materials 

License No. 42–26928–01, issued by the 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

(NRC or Commission) pursuant to part 

30 of title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR). The license 

authorizes operations at licensee 

facilities, temporary job sites, and 

certain client sites in accordance with 

conditions specified therein. The 

licensee’s facilities are located on the 

licensee’s sites in Alaska, Wyoming, 

Montana, and West Virginia. Client sites 

are located in Wyoming and offshore in 

the Gulf of Mexico. 

This Confirmatory Order (CO) is the 

result of an agreement reached during 

an Alternative Dispute Resolution 

(ADR) mediation session conducted on 

October 11, 2023. 

II 

On July 7, 2023, the NRC issued 

Inspection Report 030–30429/2022–002, 

Agencywide Documents Access and 

Management System (ADAMS) 

Accession No. ML23138A393, to 

ProTechnics which documented the 

identification of six apparent violations 

that were being considered for escalated 

enforcement action in accordance with 

the NRC Enforcement Policy. The 

violations involved the failure to: (1) 

notify and seek NRC approval for the 

performance of an abandonment of a 

well logging source as required by 10 

CFR 39.77(c)(1); (2) request an extension 

for a well logging source authorized for 

temporary storage within a well as 

required by License Condition 10.D of 

NRC License 42–26928–01, Amendment 

No. 49 and 50 (which was changed to 

License Condition 10.H of NRC License 

42–26928–01, Amendment No. 50 

(corrected copy) to 54); (3) perform a 

timely abandonment for a well logging 

source authorized for temporary storage 

within a well as required by License 

Condition 10.H of NRC License 42– 

26928–01, Amendment 54; (4) maintain 

survey records or calculations 

demonstrating compliance with 10 CFR 

part 20 limits on the release of effluents 

within the Gulf of Mexico as required by 

10 CFR 20.1302; (5) develop, document, 

and implement a radiation protection 

program sufficient to ensure compliance 

with 10 CFR part 20, specifically with 

regard to outlier exposures recorded on 

two dosimeters as required by 10 CFR 

20.1101(a); and (6) monitor a group of 

occupationally-exposed workers as a 

result of the loss of their dosimeters as 

required by 10 CFR 20.1502(a). 

By letter dated July 7, 2023, the NRC 

notified ProTechnics of the results of 

the inspection and provided 

ProTechnics with an opportunity to: (1) 

attend a predecisional enforcement 

conference or (2) participate in an ADR 

mediation session in an effort to resolve 

these concerns. 

In response to the NRC’s offer, 

ProTechnics requested the use of the 

NRC ADR process to resolve differences 

it had with the NRC. On October 11, 

2023, the NRC and ProTechnics met in 

an ADR session mediated by a 

professional mediator, arranged through 

Cornell University’s Institute on 

Conflict Resolution. The ADR process is 

one in which a neutral mediator, with 

no decision-making authority, assists 

the parties in reaching an agreement to 

resolve any differences regarding the 

dispute. This Confirmatory Order is 

issued pursuant to the agreement 

reached during the October 11, 2023, 

ADR process. 

III 

During the ADR mediation session, 

ProTechnics and the NRC reached a 

preliminary settlement agreement. 

The NRC recognizes the corrective 

actions that ProTechnics has already 

implemented associated with the 

apparent violations, including (1) 

proactively engaging independent 

certified health physicists to perform a 

comprehensive audit of its radiation 

safety program, (2) making extensive 

procedural and training enhancements, 

and (3) hosting industry forums with 

ProTechnics’ clients to discuss NRC 

regulatory requirements. 

Additional commitments made in the 

preliminary settlement agreement, as 

signed by both parties, consist of the 

following: 

Audit 

A. ProTechnics will perform a 

comprehensive audit of its radiation 

safety program. The audit shall be 

performed by an independent entity that 

has familiarity with 10 CFR part 39. 

This will include the following actions: 

1. Within 30 days of the issuance date 

of the Confirmatory Order, ProTechnics 


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will submit its audit plan to the NRC for 

review and approval. Within 30 days of 

receiving ProTechnics’ audit plan, the 

NRC will either communicate to 

ProTechnics its approval of the audit 

plan or reasons for its disapproval. If the 

NRC does not approve the audit plan, 

ProTechnics will revise and re-submit 

its audit plan within 30 days of the 

NRC’s response. 

2. Within 6 months of the NRC 

approval of its audit plan, ProTechnics 

will submit a copy of the audit report 

and ProTechnics’ written response to 

the audit report to the NRC. 

ProTechnics’ written response will 

either address how it will implement 

the recommendations and corrective 

actions of the audit report, including a 

proposed timeline; or provide an 

explanation and justification for why 

the recommendation(s) and corrective 

action(s) will not be implemented. 

Training 

B. ProTechnics will develop a training 

program designed to address knowledge 

deficiencies that contributed to the 

apparent violations in NRC Inspection 

Report 030–30429/2022–002. 

1. Specifically, the training will 

address: 

a. The proper use of dosimetry to 

comply with the NRC’s requirements in 

10 CFR part 20 to include individual 

staff and supervisory actions required 

upon discovery of lost or missing 

dosimetry. 

b. Occupational exposure limits under 

10 CFR part 20 and any additional 

limits imposed by the licensee. 

c. Sealed source management and 

NRC abandonment process/ 

requirements to include manager and 

supervisory actions required upon 

discovery of a well logging source that 

is lodged in a well or irretrievable. 

2. Within 6 months of the issuance 

date of the Confirmatory Order, 

ProTechnics will provide this training 

to all employee supervisors and 

managers involved in NRC licensed 

activities. ProTechnics will continue to 

provide this training at least once every 

calendar year until December 31, 2026. 

ProTechnics will maintain a record of 

the individuals receiving the training, a 

summary of the feedback on the 

training, the instructor providing the 

training (if applicable), and the date of 

the training. 

Causal Evaluation 

C. Within 2 months of the issuance 

date of the Confirmatory Order, 

ProTechnics will complete a causal 

evaluation for each apparent violation 

documented in NRC Inspection Report 

030–30429/2022–002. The causal 

evaluation will include: the reason for 

the apparent violation; the corrective 

steps that have been taken and the 

results achieved; and the corrective 

actions that will be taken, with time 

frame for their completion. 

D. Corrective actions identified as a 

result of the causal evaluation required 

by Condition C will be implemented 

within 18 months of completion of the 

evaluation. 

Procedures 

E. Within 6 months of the issuance 

date of the Confirmatory Order, 

ProTechnics will develop abandonment 

procedure(s) for well logging sources 

that become lodged in wells or are 

irretrievable. The abandonment 

procedures must comply with 10 CFR 

part 39 and incorporate the recently 

updated NRC license commitments 

associated with the licensed material 

described under License Conditions 

10.F through 10.I and 25 in License No. 

42–26928–01, Amendment No. 56, 

dated August 17, 2023. 

1. Within 30 days of completion of 

Condition E, ProTechnics will submit 

the procedure(s) developed under 

Condition E to the NRC for 

incorporation into the ProTechnics 

license as a tie-down condition. 

2. The NRC will review the 

procedure(s) submitted under Condition 

E.1 and if the NRC staff determines 

these procedures are acceptable, the 

NRC will incorporate these procedures 

into the ProTechnics license as a tiedown condition. 

3. If the procedure(s) submitted under 

Condition E.1 are found unacceptable 

by the NRC staff, the NRC staff will 

provide comments to ProTechnics for 

their consideration. Within 30 days of 

receiving these comments, ProTechnics 

will re-submit the procedure(s) to the 

NRC for incorporation into the 

ProTechnics license as a tie-down 

condition. Incorporation of 

abandonment procedure(s) for well 

logging sources that become lodged in 

wells or are irretrievable into the 

ProTechnics license is required to fulfill 

this Order condition. 

F. Within 6 months of the issuance 

date of the Confirmatory Order, 

ProTechnics will develop a procedure to 

address actions and dose estimate 

methodologies needed to address 

situations including: (1) lost dosimeters 

or missing dosimetry results; (2) 

dosimeter results that exceed regulatory 

limits or licensee action levels or limits; 

(3) methodology to assess the validity/ 

accuracy of unexpected dosimetry 

results; and (4) methodology to evaluate 

and document dose reconstruction. 

1. Within 30 days of completion of 

Condition F, ProTechnics will submit 

the procedure developed under 

Condition F to the NRC for review and 

approval. 

Effectiveness Review 

G. Between July 1 and December 31, 

2025, ProTechnics will perform an 

effectiveness review of the corrective 

actions implemented as a result of this 

Confirmatory Order. The effectiveness 

review will include: the lessons learned 

from feedback from the training 

required by Condition B of this order, if 

any is received; and the results of the 

radiation safety program audit required 

by Condition A. ProTechnics will 

modify its corrective actions, as needed 

and consistent with this Confirmatory 

Order, based on the results of the 

effectiveness review. By March 31, 

2026, ProTechnics will send a copy of 

the effectiveness review and provide, as 

applicable, a copy of any additional 

corrective actions and modifications 

made to previously developed 

corrective actions as a result of the 

effectiveness review to the NRC. 

Administrative Items 

H. By January 31 of each calendar 

year 2024 through 2027, ProTechnics 

will send the NRC a summary of the 

actions implemented the previous 

calendar year as a result of the 

Confirmatory Order. 

I. Until December 31, 2028, 

ProTechnics will retain a copy of all 

documentation and records necessary to 

demonstrate compliance with the 

conditions of the Confirmatory Order. 

J. Documents that are required to be 

sent to the NRC as a result of the 

Confirmatory Order conditions will be 

sent to the Director, Division of 

Radiological Safety and Security, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region 

IV, by email to R4Enforcement@nrc.gov. 

Based on the completed actions 

described above, and the commitments 

described in Section V below, the NRC 

agrees not to issue a notice of violation 

and not impose a civil penalty for the 

apparent violations discussed in NRC 

Inspection Report 030–30429/2022–002 

to ProTechnics dated July 7, 2023. 

On November 21, 2023, ProTechnics 

consented to issuing this Confirmatory 

Order with the commitments, as 

described in Section V below. 

ProTechnics further agreed that this 

Confirmatory Order is to be effective 

upon issuance, the agreement 

memorialized in this Confirmatory 

Order settles the matter between the 

parties, and that it has waived its right 

to a hearing. 


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IV 

I find that the corrective actions that 

ProTechnics has already implemented, 

as described in Section III above, 

combined with the commitments as set 

forth in Section V below are acceptable 

and necessary, and I conclude that with 

these commitments the public health 

and safety are reasonably assured. In 

view of the foregoing, I have determined 

that public health and safety require 

that ProTechnics’ commitments be 

confirmed by this Confirmatory Order. 

Based on the above and ProTechnics’ 

consent, this Confirmatory Order is 

effective upon issuance. 

V 

Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 81, 

161b, 161i, 161o, 182, and 186 of the 

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 

and the Commission’s regulations in 10 

CFR 2.202 and 10 CFR part 30, it is 

hereby ordered, effective upon issuance, 

that License No. 42–26928–01 is 

modified as follows: 

Audit 

A. ProTechnics will complete a 

comprehensive audit of its radiation 

safety program. The audit shall be 

performed by an independent entity that 

has familiarity with 10 CFR part 39. 

This will include the following actions: 

1. No later than 30 days after the 

issuance date of the Confirmatory Order, 

ProTechnics will submit its audit plan 

to the NRC for review and approval. 

Within 30 days of receiving 

ProTechnics’ audit plan, the NRC will 

either communicate to ProTechnics its 

approval of the audit plan or reasons for 

its disapproval. If the NRC does not 

approve the audit plan, ProTechnics 

will revise and re-submit its audit plan 

within 30 days of the NRC’s response. 

2. Within 6 months of the NRC 

approval of its audit plan, ProTechnics 

will submit a copy of the audit report 

and ProTechnics’ written response to 

the audit report to the NRC. 

ProTechnics’ written response will 

either address how it will implement 

the recommendations and corrective 

actions of the audit report, including a 

proposed timeline; or provide an 

explanation and justification for why 

the recommendation(s) and corrective 

action(s) will not be implemented. 

Training 

B. ProTechnics will develop a training 

program designed to address knowledge 

deficiencies that contributed to the 

apparent violations in NRC Inspection 

Report 030–30429/2022–002. 

1. Specifically, the training will 

address: 

a. The proper use of dosimetry to 

comply with the NRC’s requirements in 

10 CFR part 20 to include individual 

staff and supervisory actions required 

upon discovery of lost or missing 

dosimetry. 

b. Occupational exposure limits under 

10 CFR part 20 and any additional 

limits imposed by the licensee. 

c. Sealed source management and 

NRC abandonment process/ 

requirements to include manager and 

supervisory actions required upon 

discovery of a well logging source that 

is lodged in a well or irretrievable. 

2. Within 6 months of the issuance 

date of the Confirmatory Order, 

ProTechnics will provide this training 

to all employee supervisors and 

managers involved in NRC licensed 

activities. ProTechnics will continue to 

provide this training at least once every 

calendar year until December 31, 2026. 

ProTechnics will maintain a record of 

the individuals receiving the training, a 

summary of the feedback on the 

training, the instructor providing the 

training (if applicable), and the date of 

the training. 

Causal Evaluation 

C. Within 2 months of the issuance 

date of the Confirmatory Order, 

ProTechnics will complete a causal 

evaluation for each apparent violation 

documented in NRC Inspection Report 

030–30429/2022–002. The causal 

evaluation will include: the reason for 

the apparent violation; the corrective 

steps that have been taken and the 

results achieved; and the corrective 

actions that will be taken, with time 

frame for their completion. 

D. Corrective actions identified as a 

result of the causal evaluation required 

by Condition C will be implemented 

within 18 months of completion of the 

evaluation. 

Procedures 

E. Within 6 months of the issuance 

date of the Confirmatory Order, 

ProTechnics will develop abandonment 

procedure(s) for well logging sources 

that become lodged in wells or are 

irretrievable. The abandonment 

procedures must comply with 10 CFR 

part 39 and incorporate the recently 

updated NRC license commitments 

associated with the licensed material 

described under License Conditions 

10.F through 10.I and 25 in License No. 

42–26928–01, Amendment No. 56, 

dated August 17, 2023. 

1. Within 30 days of completion of 

Condition E, ProTechnics will submit 

the procedure(s) developed under 

Condition E to the NRC for 

incorporation into the ProTechnics 

license as a tie-down condition. 

2. The NRC will review the 

procedure(s) submitted under Condition 

E.1 and if the NRC staff determines 

these procedures are acceptable, the 

NRC will incorporate these procedures 

into the ProTechnics license as a tiedown condition. 

3. If the procedure(s) submitted under 

Condition E.1 are found unacceptable 

by the NRC staff, the NRC staff will 

provide comments to ProTechnics for 

their consideration. Within 30 days of 

receiving these comments, ProTechnics 

will re-submit the procedure(s) to the 

NRC for incorporation into the 

ProTechnics license as a tie-down 

condition. Incorporation of 

abandonment procedure(s) for well 

logging sources that become lodged in 

wells or are irretrievable into the 

ProTechnics license is required to fulfill 

this Order condition. 

F. Within 6 months of the issuance 

date of the Confirmatory Order, 

ProTechnics will develop a procedure to 

address actions and dose estimate 

methodologies needed to address: (1) 

lost dosimeters or missing dosimetry 

results; (2) dosimeter results that exceed 

regulatory limits or licensee action 

levels or limits; (3) methodology to 

assess the validity/accuracy of 

unexpected dosimetry results; and (4) 

methodology to evaluate and document 

dose reconstruction. 

1. Within 30 days of completion of 

Condition F, ProTechnics will submit 

the procedure developed under 

Condition F to the NRC for review and 

approval. 

2. If the procedure submitted under 

Condition F.1 is found unacceptable by 

the NRC staff, the NRC staff will provide 

comments to ProTechnics for their 

consideration. Within 30 days of 

receiving these comments, ProTechnics 

will re-submit the procedure to the 

NRC. 

Effectiveness Review 

G. Between July 1 and December 31, 

2025, ProTechnics will perform an 

effectiveness review of the corrective 

actions implemented as a result of this 

Confirmatory Order. The effectiveness 

review will include: the lessons learned 

from feedback from the training 

required by Condition B of this order, if 

any is received; and the results of the 

radiation safety program audit required 

by Condition A. ProTechnics will 

modify its corrective actions, as needed 

and consistent with this Confirmatory 

Order, based on the results of the 

effectiveness review. By March 31, 

2026, ProTechnics will send a copy of 

the effectiveness review and provide, as 


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applicable, a copy of any additional 

corrective actions and modifications 

made to previously developed 

corrective actions as a result of the 

effectiveness review to the NRC. 

Administrative Items 

H. By January 31 of each calendar 

year 2024 through 2027, ProTechnics 

will send the NRC a summary of the 

actions implemented the previous 

calendar year as a result of the 

Confirmatory Order. 

I. Until December 31, 2028, 

ProTechnics will retain a copy of all 

documentation and records necessary to 

demonstrate compliance with the 

conditions of the Confirmatory Order. 

J. Documents that are required to be 

sent to the NRC as a result of the 

Confirmatory Order conditions will be 

sent to the Director, Division of 

Radiological Safety and Security, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region 

IV, by email to R4Enforcement@nrc.gov. 

In the event of transfer of 

ProTechnics’ license to another entity, 

the terms and conditions set forth 

hereunder shall continue to apply to the 

new entity and accordingly survive any 

transfer of ownership or license. This 

Confirmatory Order is considered 

escalated enforcement. The Regional 

Administrator, Region IV, may, in 

writing, relax, rescind, or withdraw any 

of the above conditions upon 

demonstration by ProTechnics or its 

successors of good cause. 

VI 

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.202 and 

10 CFR 2.309, any person adversely 

affected by this Confirmatory Order, 

other than ProTechnics, may request a 

hearing within thirty (30) calendar days 

of the date of issuance of this 

Confirmatory Order. Where good cause 

is shown, consideration will be given to 

extending the time to request a hearing. 

A request for extension of time must be 

made in writing to the Director, Office 

of Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555, 

and include a statement of good cause 

for the extension. 

All documents filed in NRC 

adjudicatory proceedings, including a 

request for hearing and petition for 

leave to intervene (petition), any motion 

or other document filed in the 

proceeding prior to the submission of a 

request for hearing or petition to 

intervene, and documents filed by 

interested governmental entities that 

request to participate under 10 CFR 

2.315(c), must be filed in accordance 

with the NRC’s E-Filing rule (72 FR 

49139; August 28, 2007, as amended at 

77 FR 46562; August 3, 2012). The EFiling process requires participants to 

submit and serve all adjudicatory 

documents over the internet, or in some 

cases to mail copies on electronic 

storage media. Detailed guidance on 

making electronic submissions may be 

found in the Guidance for Electronic 

Submissions to the NRC and on the NRC 

website at https://www.nrc.gov/sitehelp/e-submittals.html. Participants 

may not submit paper copies of their 

filings unless they seek an exemption in 

accordance with the procedures 

described below. 

To comply with the procedural 

requirements of E-Filing, at least 10 

days prior to the filing deadline, the 

participant should contact the Office of 

the Secretary by email at 

hearing.docket@nrc.gov, or by telephone 

at 301–415–1677, to (1) request a digital 

identification (ID) certificate, which 

allows the participant (or its counsel or 

representative) to digitally sign 

submissions and access the E-Filing 

system for any proceeding in which it 

is participating; and (2) advise the 

Secretary that the participant will be 

submitting a petition or other 

adjudicatory document (even in 

instances in which the participant, or its 

counsel or representative, already holds 

an NRC-issued digital ID certificate). 

Based upon this information, the 

Secretary will establish an electronic 

docket for the hearing in this proceeding 

if the Secretary has not already 

established an electronic docket. 

Information about applying for a 

digital ID certificate is available on the 

NRC’s public website at https://

www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/ 

getting-started.html. Once a participant 

has obtained a digital ID certificate and 

a docket has been created, the 

participant can then submit 

adjudicatory documents. Submissions 

must be in Portable Document Format 

(PDF). Additional guidance on PDF 

submissions is available on the NRC’s 

public website at https://www.nrc.gov/ 

site-help/electronic-sub-ref-mat.html. A 

filing is considered complete at the time 

the document is submitted through the 

NRC’s E-Filing system. To be timely, an 

electronic filing must be submitted to 

the E-Filing system no later than 11:59 

p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. 

Upon receipt of a transmission, the EFiling system time-stamps the document 

and sends the submitter an email notice 

confirming receipt of the document. The 

E-Filing system also distributes an email 

notice that provides access to the 

document to the NRC’s Office of the 

General Counsel and any others who 

have advised the Office of the Secretary 

that they wish to participate in the 

proceeding, so that the filer need not 

serve the document on those 

participants separately. Therefore, 

applicants and other participants (or 

their counsel or representative) must 

apply for and receive a digital ID 

certificate before adjudicatory 

documents are filed so that they can 

obtain access to the documents via the 

E-Filing system. 

A person filing electronically using 

the NRC’s adjudicatory E-Filing system 

may seek assistance by contacting the 

NRC’s Electronic Filing Help Desk 

through the ‘‘Contact Us’’ link located 

on the NRC’s public website at https:// 

www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html, by email to 

MSHD.Resource@nrc.gov, or by a tollfree call at 1–866–672–7640. The NRC 

Electronic Filing Help Desk is available 

between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., Eastern 

Time, Monday through Friday, 

excluding government holidays. 

Participants who believe that they 

have a good cause for not submitting 

documents electronically must file an 

exemption request, in accordance with 

10 CFR 2.302(g), with their initial paper 

filing stating why there is good cause for 

not filing electronically and requesting 

authorization to continue to submit 

documents in paper format. Such filings 

must be submitted by: (1) first class mail 

addressed to the Office of the Secretary 

of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001, Attention: Rulemaking 

and Adjudications Staff; or (2) courier, 

express mail, or expedited delivery 

service to the Office of the Secretary, 

11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 

Maryland 20852, Attention: Rulemaking 

and Adjudications Staff. Participants 

filing adjudicatory documents in this 

manner are responsible for serving the 

document on all other participants. 

Filing is considered complete by firstclass mail as of the time of deposit in 

the mail, or by courier, express mail, or 

expedited delivery service upon 

depositing the document with the 

provider of the service. A presiding 

officer, having granted an exemption 

request from using E-Filing, may require 

a participant or party to use E-Filing if 

the presiding officer subsequently 

determines that the reason for granting 

the exemption from use of E-Filing no 

longer exists. 

Documents submitted in adjudicatory 

proceedings will appear in the NRC’s 

electronic hearing docket which is 

available to the public at https://

adams.nrc.gov/ehd, unless excluded 

pursuant to an order of the Commission 

or the presiding officer. If you do not 

have an NRC-issued digital ID certificate 

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will be automatically directed to the 

NRC’s electronic hearing dockets where 

you will be able to access any publicly 

available documents in a particular 

hearing docket. Participants are 

requested not to include personal 

privacy information, such as social 

security numbers, home addresses, or 

personal phone numbers in their filings, 

unless an NRC regulation or other law 

requires submission of such 

information. For example, in some 

instances, individuals provide home 

addresses in order to demonstrate 

proximity to a facility or site. With 

respect to copyrighted works, except for 

limited excerpts that serve the purpose 

of the adjudicatory filings and would 

constitute a Fair Use application, 

participants are requested not to include 

copyrighted materials in their 

submission. 

The Commission will issue a notice or 

order granting or denying a hearing 

request or intervention petition, 

designating the issues for any hearing 

that will be held and designating the 

Presiding Officer. A notice granting a 

hearing will be published in the Federal 

Register and served on the parties to the 

hearing. 

If a person (other than ProTechnics) 

requests a hearing, that person shall set 

forth with particularity the manner in 

which his interest is adversely affected 

by this Confirmatory Order and shall 

address the criteria set forth in 10 CFR 

2.309(d) and (f). 

If a hearing is requested by a person 

whose interest is adversely affected, the 

Commission will issue an order 

designating the time and place of any 

hearings. If a hearing is held, the issue 

to be considered at such hearing shall be 

whether this Confirmatory Order should 

be sustained. 

In the absence of any request for 

hearing, or written approval of an 

extension of time in which to request a 

hearing, the provisions specified in 

Section V above shall be final 30 days 

from the date of this Confirmatory Order 

without further order or proceedings. If 

an extension of time for requesting a 

hearing has been approved, the 

provisions specified in Section V shall 

be final when the extension expires if a 

hearing request has not been received. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Dated this 28th day of November 2023. 

/RA/ 

John D. Monninger, 

Regional Administrator, NRC Region IV. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26951 Filed 12–7–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. 50–18, 50–70, 50–73, 50–183, 

70–754, 70–1113, 70–1220, 72–1, 11001075, 

11001076, 11005081, 11005086, 11005186, 

11005555, and 11006278; NRC–2023–0119] 

Indirect Transfers of Licenses; Order; 

In the Matter of General Electric 

Company, GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy 

Americas, LLC, and Global Nuclear 

Fuel-Americas, LLC 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing an order 

approving the application filed by 

General Electric Company (GE), GEHitachi Nuclear Energy Americas, LLC 

(GEHA), and Global Nuclear FuelAmericas, LLC (GNF–A) on May 30, 

2023, as supplemented by letters dated 

June 20, June 26, and September 27, 

2023. Specifically, the order approves 

the indirect transfers of Possession Only 

License No. DPR–1 for the Vallecitos 

Boiling Water Reactor at the Vallecitos 

Nuclear Center (VNC) in Sunol, 

California; Possession Only License No. 

TR–1 for the GE Test Reactor at the 

VNC; Facility Operating License No. R– 

33 for the Nuclear Test Reactor at the 

VNC; Possession Only License No. DR– 

10 for the Empire State Atomic 

Development Associates Vallecitos 

Experimental Superheat Reactor at the 

VNC; Special Nuclear Material License 

Nos. SNM–960 and SNM–1270 for the 

VNC; Special Nuclear Material License 

No. SNM–1097 for the Wilmington Fuel 

Manufacturing Facility in Wilmington, 

North Carolina; Special Nuclear 

Material License No. SNM–2500 for the 

Morris Operation Independent Spent 

Fuel Storage Installation in Grundy 

County, Illinois, near Morris, Illinois; 

and Export License Nos. XR135, 

XSNM1662, XSNM3066, XCOM1124, 

XSNM03135, XSNM3398, and 

XSNM3785 from GE, the parent 

company of the license holders, GEHA 

and GNF–A, to GE Vernova LLC, later 

to be converted to a corporation (GE 

Vernova Corp.). 

DATES: The order was issued on 

November 30, 2023, and is effective 

immediately. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2023–0119 when contacting the 

NRC about the availability of 

information regarding this document. 

You may obtain publicly available 

information related to this document 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2023–0119. Address 

questions about Docket IDs in 

Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 

telephone: 301–415–0624; email: 

Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical 

questions, contact the individual listed 

in the ‘‘FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT’’ section of this document. 

• NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly 

available documents online in the 

ADAMS Public Documents collection at 

https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ 

adams.html. To begin the search, select 

‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For 

problems with ADAMS, please contact 

the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR) 

reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, at 

301–415–4737, or by email to 

PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. The order and 

the NRC staff safety evaluation 

supporting the order are available in 

ADAMS under Package Accession No. 

ML23283A327. 

• NRC’s PDR: The PDR, where you 

may examine and order copies of 

publicly available documents, is open 

by appointment. To make an 

appointment to visit the PDR, please 

send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov 

or call 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415– 

4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern 

time (ET), Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Osiris Siurano-Pe ́rez, Office of Nuclear 

Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 

301–415–7827; email: Osiris.SiuranoPerez@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of 

the order is attached. 

Dated: December 5, 2023. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Osiris Siurano-Perez, 

Project Manager, Fuel Facility Licensing 

Branch, Division of Fuel Management, Office 

of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards. 

Attachment—Order Approving the 

Indirect Transfers of Control of License 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

In the Matter of General Electric 

Company, Ge–Hitachi Nuclear Energy 

Americas, LLC, and Global Nuclear 

Fuel-Americas, LLC: EA–23–132; 

Docket Nos.: 50–18, 50–70, 50–73, 

50–183, 70–754, 70–1113, 70–1220, 

72–1, 11001075, 11001076, 11005081, 

11005086,11005186, 11005555, 

11006278; License Nos.: DPR–1, TR– 

1, R–33, DR–10 SNM–960, SNM– 

1097, SNM–1270, SNM–2500, XR135, 

XSNM1662, XSNM3066, XCOM1124, 


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