DRC-2022-019282 - 0901a068810bd6a4

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Energy Fuels Resources (USA) Inc.
225 Union Blvd. Suite 600
Lakewood, CO, US,80228
303 974 2140
www.energyfuels.com
Iuly 20,2022
SENT VIA E-MAIL AND EXPEDITED DELIVERY
Mr. Doug Hansen
Director
Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control
Utah Department of Environmental Quality
195 North 1950 West
Salt Lake Citv. UT 84116
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Re:Receipt of Ion Exchange Resin Bquivalent Feed from Ambrosia Lake Mine at Energy
Fuels Resources (USA) Inc. ("EFRI") White Mesa Mill (the '6Mill")
Dear Mr. Hansen:
This letter is to advise Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control ("DWMRC") that EFRI
plans to receive approximately 16 drums of Uranium Loaded Ion Exchange Resin ("ULR"), currently
on a property near the Ambrosia Lake site, from Empire Trust, Inc., as an equivalent feed. The ULR
resulted from treatment of mine water at a currently inactive site. The shipment of 16 drums is
anticipated to be a one-time event.
In accordance with US Nuclear Regulatory Commission ("NRC") Regulatory Issue Summary ("RIS")
2012-06, dated April 16, 2013, entitled NRC Policy Regarding Submittal of Amendmentsfor Processing
of Equivalent Feed at Licensed Uranium Recovery Facilities, EFRI has determined that the ULR may
be received at the Mill as an equivalent feed for the following reasons.
The ULR is chemically and physically the same as other resins processed at the Mill. The Mill
has previously utilized DOWEX 2lK XLT anion exchange resin. The ULR also consists of a DOWEX
water treatment resin selective for uranium. The DOWEX water treatment resin is expected to be
essentially the same in composition and function as the DOWEX 2lK XLT),
The ULR will be processed for uranium recovery using the same equipment and in the same way
as other resins processed at the Mill. EFRI has previously provided to DWMRC a description
of the Mill's process for recovering uranium from loaded resin, in our annual submittal of
Standard Operating Procedures ("SOPs") consistent with Condition 9.6 of the Mill's Radioactive
Materials License ("RML"). The description and procedures are contained within the SOP
entitled ELUEX, Book 4, PBL-8.
Processing the ULR will not cause the Mill to exceed the uranium production limits in the Mill's
Radioactive Materials License and the processing is within the existing safety and environmental
review envelope for the Mill. The Mill's production has never exceeded 15 Vo of its licensed
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capacity of 4,380 tons per year in any of the past ten years throu gh 202I . The Mill has averaged
635,000 pounds (317 tons) per year with a maximum of 656 tons in the maximum year in that
period. Processing of the ULR is expected to produce 45 lbs. (0.05 ton or a small fraction of a
ton) of yellowcake and will not cause the Mill to exceed its production limit.
Consistent with the requirements in Enclosure 2 of RIS 2012-06, a file is available at the Mill for review
and inspection by DWMRC, which contains documentation that the ULR meets the above requirements
to be accepted as equivalent feed. EFRI is providing this notice to advise DWMRC that a technical and
regulatory evaluation of the ULR has been performed, and documentation of this analysis is available
for review.
If you should have any questions, please contact me.
Yours very truly,
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ENBncy Furr.s Rnsouncns (USA) Iuc.
Kathy Weinel
Director, Regulatory Compliance
cc: Scott Bakken
David Frydenlund
Garrin Palmer
Logan Shumway
Jordan App
Jo Ann Tischler 0CS)