2023-15210: General Electric Company, GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas, LLC, and Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas, LLC; Consideration of Approval of Indirect Transfer of Licenses

Summary

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, the Commission) received and is considering approval of an application filed by General Electric Company (GE), GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas, LLC (GEHA), and Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas, LLC (GNF-A) (together, the Applicants) on May 30, 2023, as supplemented by letters dated June 20 and June 26, 2023. The application seeks NRC approval of the indirect transfer of Facility Operating License No. R-33 for the Nuclear Test Reactor at the Vallecitos Nuclear Center (VNC) in Sunol, California; Possession Only License No. DPR-1 for the Vallecitos Boiling Water Reactor at the VNC; Possession Only License No. DR-10 for the Empire State Atomic Development Associates Vallecitos Experimental Superheat Reactor at the VNC; Possession Only License No. TR-1 for the GE Test 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 Facility in Grundy County, Illinois, near Morris, Illinois; and Export License Nos. XR135, XSNM1662, XSNM03135, XSNM3398, XCOM1124, XSNM3785, and XSNM3066 from GE, the parent company of the license holders, GEHA and GNF-A, to a recently created wholly-owned subsidiary of GE named GE Vernova, LLC that will then be spun-off and will no longer be part of GE. The application contains sensitive unclassified non-safeguards information (SUNSI).

The agency’s own summary, as published.