DRC-2019-006364 - 0901a06880a9bc86

DRC-2019-006364 195 North 1950 West • Salt Lake City, UT Mailing Address: P.O. Box 144880 • Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4880 Telephone [phone] • Fax [phone] • T.D.D. [phone] www.deq.utah.gov Printed on 100% recycled paper
State of Utah
GARY R. HERBERT Governor SPENCER J. COX
Lieutenant Governor
Department of
Environmental Quality
L. Scott Baird Interim Executive Director DIVISION OF WASTE MANAGEMENT AND RADIATION CONTROL Ty L. Howard Director
July 9, 2019
Kathy Weinel
Energy Fuels Resources (USA) Inc. 225 Union Blvd. Suite 600 Lakewood, CO 80228
RE: Reprocessing Yellowcake from Crowe Butte at the White Mesa Mill
Radioactive Material License Number UT 1900479 Dear Ms. Weinel:
In a letter dated July 1, 2019, Energy Fuels Resources (USA) Inc. (EFRI) sent a letter to the Utah
Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control (DWMRC), informing the DWMRC of their intent to transfer a yellowcake material from the Cameco Crow Butte In-situ Recovery facility, located in Nebraska, to the White Mesa Uranium Mill, located just south of Blanding, Utah. EFRI indicated that the yellowcake material could be transferred between the Crowe Butte facility and the White Mesa Mill
because both facilities are authorized to receive and transfer the licensed source material (U3O8).
EFRI asserted that this would be a legal transfer of licensed source material in accordance with 10 CFR 40.51(a)(5) [equivalent to UAC R313-19-41(2)(d)]. The purpose of this transfer is so the yellowcake material can be reprocessed to remove impurities, dried and then packaged as a useable yellowcake product at the White Mesa Mill.

The DWMRC has evaluated the information provided by EFRI regarding this request. Based on the evaluation of information provided, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) conclusions that milling processes may occur at locations other than a uranium mill and that milling processes are not completed until the conversion process begins (SECY-02-0095), and Utah Radiation Control Rules, DWMRC staff agrees that the Crowe Butte yellowcake material is still in the milling process and agrees
that the yellowcake material from the Cameco Crowe Butte facility can be transferred to EFRI’s White Mesa Uranium Mill under the provisions in R313-19-41(2)(d). Therefore, no amendment is necessary to EFRI's license for the transfer of Crowe Butte yellowcake material. The following provisions apply to (Over)

the DWMRC's concurrence for the transfer of this particular yellowcake material from the Cameco
Crowe Butte facility to the White Mesa Uranium Mill:
• This concurrence for transfer of materials is exclusively for the yellowcake material from the Cameco Crow Butte In-situ Recovery facility and does not apply to other future projects.
Any additional yellowcake material from other facilities will require Director approval; and
• The yellowcake produced from this project must be counted toward the yellowcake production limits in EFRI’s RML License Condition 10.1.A.
The DWMRC will inspect compliance aspects of this project during future inspections at the White
Mesa Mill. If you have any questions, please contact Ryan Johnson, at [phone].
Sincerely, Ty L. Howard, Director
Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control TLH/RMJ/kb c: Logan Shumway, Manger, White Mesa Uranium Mill
Kirk Benge, Health Officer, San Juan Public Health Department Rick Meyer, Environmental Health Director, San Juan Public Health Department Scott Hacking, P.E., DEQ District Engineer